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The effects of President Trump’s new tariffs are starting to be felt across the world, preliminary South Korean trade data suggest, as Seoul prepares to begin negotiations with Washington.

South Korea’s preliminary April trade data gave an early glimpse of how Donald Trump’s aggressive protectionist policies could dent shipments of export-reliant economies.