South Korean President meets with Donald Trump at the White House

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  Hello and welcome to World Business Report from the BBC World Service.

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  I'm Roger Hearing and on this edition a bumpy prelude to talks between Donald Trump and the South Korean president,

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  but the US president now says we have a deal done.

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  So what are the trade implications?

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  Also today, the tariff problems for the postal systems dealing with the US,

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  the perils for young South Africans being recruited on social media for jobs in Russian drone factories,

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  and those dealing with the harm caused by fast fashion in Africa.

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  But first,

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  it wasn't the most auspicious start to the visit of the South Korean president to Washington.

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  Donald Trump posted on social media,

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  what's going on in South Korea seems like a purge or revolution.

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  We can't have that and do business there.

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  When the South Korean president Lee Jae-myung arrived at the White House a few hours later,

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  it was all warm words.

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  And there's a lot of hanging on these talks.

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  There's already a tariff steal, but Seoul would like to improve it.

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  And everything from microprocessors to shipbuilding is up for discussion with Washington's sixth largest trading partner.

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  Well, Donald Trump certainly sounded positive.

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  It's an honor to be with President Lee of South Korea.

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  We've known each other and gotten along very well.

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