South Korea's Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo said on Friday that he might request an extension of the freeze on U.S. tariffs that is set to expire within days when he heads to Washington for talks with U.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung says that it remains unclear whether Seoul and Washington can conclude their tariff negotiations by next week’s deadline set by President Donald Trump

Seoul has requested to be exempted from all U.S. reciprocal and product-specific tariffs at the first high-level talks under the administration of South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, the South's Trade Ministry said.