Korea Selatan Minta Dikecualikan dari Tarif Baru Impor AS

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Wakil Menteri Perdagangan Korea Selatan (Korsel) Park Jong-won mengajukan permintaan kepada Pemerintah Amerika Serikat (AS) untuk tidak memasukkan Negeri Ginseng tersebut dalam rencana tarif impor barunya.  Dilansir dari Korea JoongAng Daily pada Jumat (21/2/2025), Pemerintah Korsel beralasan kedua negara memiliki perjanjian perdagangan bebas yang telah berjalan selama lebih dari satu dekade.

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00:00Thank you for joining us.

00:07South Korean Trade Minister, Park Jong-won,

00:10asked the U.S. government

00:12not to include Ginseng in its new import tariff plan.

00:18The KORCEL government blamed the two countries

00:21for having free trade agreements that have been going on for more than a decade.

00:30South Korean Trade Minister, Park Jong-won,

00:33asked the U.S. government

00:35not to include Ginseng in its new import tariff plan.

00:40The KORCEL government blamed the two countries

00:42for having free trade agreements that have been going on for more than a decade.

00:47Park Jong-won asked the U.S. government

00:50when he met with the White House,

00:52the U.S. Department of Trade,

00:54and the U.S. Trade Representative Office

00:56during his visit to Washington this week.

01:00Park said that most of the trade surplus

01:03between the two countries has been eliminated.

01:05Based on the free trade agreements between the two countries,

01:08the average KORCEL tariff for U.S. imports

01:10only reached 0.79% in 2024.

01:14The figure will fall further this year

01:16in line with the annual tariff reduction plan.

01:19Park also emphasized KORCEL's contribution

01:21to the U.S. economy,

01:22including large investments by KORCEL in the U.S.

01:28These things are the reason for excluding Ginseng

01:31from the U.S. tariff system,

01:33including the import tax of tin and aluminum.

01:35The U.S. has issued a series of new tariff plans

01:38at the beginning of this year.

01:40In addition to tin and aluminum,

01:41the U.S. also wants to impose import taxes

01:44on cars, semiconductor chips, and drugs.

01:47In addition, the White House is also preparing

01:49tariff policies for FROCAL or Timbal Bali,

01:52various sources of IDX Channel.

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