Policy Chief Kim Yong-beom briefs on the ROK-U.S. summit at the APEC Media Center in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang, on the 29th. /Courtesy of Yonhap News

Presidential Chief of Staff for Policy Kim Yong-beom said at a briefing on Korea-U.S. tariff talks held at the APEC International Media Center in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang, on the 29th that "natural products not produced in the United States are not subject to a tariff."

He went on to say about semiconductor tariffs that they were set at a level "not disadvantageous compared with Taiwan."

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