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Instead, he pursued reciprocal trade agreements with countries, especially in the Western Hemisphere, that had a comparative advantage in producing particular goods.

The president paused the bulk of his so-called reciprocal tariffs in April because of “yippy” bond investors.

The agreement between the US and South Korea comes as leaders from both countries reached a broad trade deal earlier last month that would see reciprocal tariffs cut to 15% from 25%.

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When the president announced his reciprocal tariffs this spring, his economic team insisted there would be no exemptions to the levies.

These products are now exempted from his "reciprocal" tariffs, imposed this year to address behavior deemed unfair, after the administration considered issues like the US capacity -- or lack thereof -- to produce certain goods.

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