WTO sides with South Korea over washer tariffs

High duties: An LG Electronics employee assists customers looking at washing machines and dryers at the company’s store in Seoul. The company has been impacted by US tariffs imposed on South Korean exports of washing machines.

SEOUL: The World Trade Organisation (WTO) said the United States violated international trade obligations in the way it imposed tariffs almost four years ago on South Korean exports of residential washing machines, according to a ruling published.

The panel of three trade experts delivered a mixed decision that largely sided with South Korea but rejected some of its arguments as well.