Lutnick Warns South Korea, Japan Deals More Complicated Than UK

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that trade deals with South Korea and Japan could take significantly more time to complete than the framework agreement President Donald Trump announced Thursday with the UK, in a signal that some Asian partners may have to wait for tariff relief.

“You’ve got to spend an enormous amount of time with Japan, South Korea. These are not going to be fast deals,” Lutnick said in an interview on Bloomberg Television.

Lutnick added that India has been “leaning in really hard” and the country was “certainly” a possibility to be among the ...