South Korea's Industry Minister Ahn Duk-geun said on Saturday that Seoul plans to approach trade talks with the United States "calmly and cautiously."

South Korean and Japanese officials are putting on their politest smiles and heading to Washington. Akazawa Ryosei, the minister leading negotiations for Japan, visited the White House on April 16th and donned a MAGA hat.

In a readout, the office cast the meeting between USTR Jamieson Greer and Ahn Duk-geun, South Korea's minister of trade, industry and energy (MOTIE), as