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  "id": 12927802,
  "title": "White House official accuses S. Korea of flooding US with subsidized steel",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/white-house-official-accuses-s-korea-of-flooding-us-with-subsidized-12927802",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-08T18:52:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20261009/white-house-official-accuses-s-korea-of-flooding-us-with-subsidized-steel"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "U.S. trade officials have accused South Korea of flooding the American market with heavily subsidized steel and steel products transshipped from China. Peter Navarro, White House senior counselor for trade and manufacturing, expressed the concern on X, warning that Washington is taking action to address the alleged practices. In a video clip from earlier this week, Navarro specifically highlighted South Korea as the primary culprit, stating that the country is inundating the U.S. market with highly subsidized Korean steel and steel shipped from China. Despite imposing high tariffs of 50 percent on steel, Navarro emphasized that South Korea continues to exceed these measures through cheating tactics. The U.S. president has the authority under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to adjust tariffs on foreign steelmakers, signaling that the White House is prepared to take further action against the alleged steel flooding.",
  "summary": "WASHINGTON — A White House official on Thursday accused South Korea of flooding the U.S. market with heavily subsidized steel products and Chinese steel shipped through the country, warning that Washington is taking action to crack down on such purported measures. \"South Korea is inundating the U.S. with highly subsidized steel and steel transshipped from China,\" Peter Navarro, White House senior…",
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        "title": "White House official accuses S. Korea of flooding U.S. with subsidized steel",
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        "title": "White House official accuses S. Korea of flooding US with subsidized steel",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/white-house-official-accuses-s-korea-of-flooding-us-with-subsidized",
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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."
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