South Korea and the United States agreed to craft a package of deals aimed at removing new U.S. tariffs before the pause on reciprocal tariffs are lifted in July, Seoul's delegation said after the first round of trade talks in Washington.

US Treasury chief Scott Bessent says talks are ‘moving faster than I thought’, and technical terms could be discussed as early as next week.

South Korea is among three Asia-Pacific countries that have a comprehensive trade pact with the United States, eliminating nearly all tariffs between the two countries. It was fir