South Korea’s exports unexpectedly expanded for a third consecutive month in April, even as President Trump’s sweeping tariffs have started to hurt international trade.

Washington’s Indo-Pacific allies have so far avoided such ire but Trump will eventually turn toward them – and likely pick the same fights that he has with Europe. South Korea seems particularly vulnerable because it has the two characteristics that Trump dislikes most in American allies: a large,

South Korea's exports are expected to have fallen in April, as U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs, including those on autos and steel, started to weigh, a Reuters poll found on Tuesday. South Korea is the first major exporting economy to report trade figures each month,