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  "id": 1209674,
  "title": "Industry minister again heads for Washington amid growing US tariff pressure",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/industry-minister-again-heads-for-washington-amid-growing-us-tariff",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-16T06:02:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/20260816/industry-minister-again-heads-for-washington-amid-growing-us-tariff-pressure"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Korea's Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan is set to travel to Washington in response to escalating tariff pressures from the United States. The visit comes amid a series of unresolved bilateral trade issues, with Seoul facing mounting pressure from the U.S. to accelerate its investment commitments under a bilateral tariff deal. The U.S. government is anticipated to announce the results of its investigation into alleged overproduction under Section 301 of the Trade Act by the end of the month. This investigation, along with another probing forced labor allegations, has led to a new round of tariffs on imports from 60 trading partners, including South Korea, Japan, and Switzerland, with the latter facing a 12.5 percent tariff rate.",
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        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Industry minister again heads for Washington amid growing U.S. tariff pressure",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/industry-minister-again-heads-for-washington-amid-growing-u-s-tariff",
        "published": "2026-08-16T05:18:18.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Industry minister again heads for Washington amid growing US tariff pressure",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/industry-minister-again-heads-for-washington-amid-growing-us-tariff-1211300",
        "published": "2026-08-16T06:07:02.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}