South Korean officials have asked the Trump administration to exclude their country from U.S. plans to impose aggressive tariffs on trade partners, emphasizing that Seoul is already applying low duties on American products under the free trade agreement between the two nations.

South Korean officials have requested an exemption from U.S. reciprocal, steel and aluminium tariffs during their visit this week to Washington, the industry ministry said in a statement on Friday. Deputy Minister Park Jong-won,

South Korea's govt said Deputy Trade Minister made the request while travelling to DC this week for meetings with unspecified officials from the White House.

Korea's Deputy Trade Minister Park Jong-won has filed a request with the U.S. government to leave Korea out of its new import tariff plans, highlighting the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement (FTA) that has been in place for over a decade,