Trump’s $900 Billion Funding Demands Face Korea, Japan Caution

Donald Trump faces fresh hurdles in his push to secure major investment pledges from Asian allies, after South Korea said Washington’s terms were unrealistic and a contender to lead Japan’s ruling party hinted at the possibility of reviewing the agreement.

“We are not able to pay $350 billion in cash,” South Korea’s National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac said in a Channel A News television interview on Saturday evening, referring to Seoul’s investment pledge with Washington. “It is objectively and realistically not a level we are able to handle.”

“Our position is not a negotiating tactic,” he added.

Wi’s comments came ...