South Korea acting president Choi discusses Trump tariff plan


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(Removes reference to Choi discussing DeepSeek in paragraph 1 after finance ministry corrects statement from acting president, changes media tag to SOUTHKOREA-USA/TARIFFS)

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's acting President Choi Sang-mok discussed on Monday responses to U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum, last week's U.S.-Japan summit, and responding to major trade issues in the digital sector in a government meeting, the finance ministry said.

(This story has been corrected to remove the reference to Choi discussing DeepSeek in paragraph 1, after the finance ministry corrected statement from the acting president)

(Reporting by Joyce Lee; Editing by Ed Davies)

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