Trump Says South Korea’s Lee Will Stick to Trade, Spending Deal

President Donald Trump insisted that South Korea will stick to the terms of its recent tariff agreement, including hundreds of billions of dollars of investment in the US, despite lobbying efforts by President Lee Jae Myung during their first in-person meeting.

Trump and Lee on Monday expressed optimism for close cooperation on North Korea, collective security and shipbuilding, yet the deal setting a 15% tariff on South Korean goods will remain unchanged, according to the US president.

“We stuck to our guns,” the president told reporters Monday after the meeting. “They’re going to make the deal that they agreed to ...