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A fight over trade discrimination is adding fresh tariff pressure to the relationship between the United States and South Korea.
Discrimination, in trade terms, means applying rules or conditions to a foreign company that do not equally apply to domestic competitors. Sources say the strain follows South Korea's dismissal of U.S.
congressional allegations that Seoul treated Coupang, the U.S.-based company, unfairly. Congress raised the allegations.
The public positions of both sides remain far apart, and sources say that gap is now straining ties between the two countries. A tariff is a tax one government places on goods imported from another country.
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