South Korea’s Coupang Crackdown Risks a Bilateral Crisis

President Trump’s announcement that tariffs on South Korean goods will be increased from 15% to 25% comes as no surprise.
Last November, the President mandated that South Korea not discriminate against American businesses. Unfortunately, the mandate has been blatantly violated with South Korea’s treatment of American e-commerce giant Coupang.
Coupang is a Fortune 150 U.S. technology company and a major channel for billions of dollars in U.S. exports to South Korea.
So why has the company been targeted? Here’s your answer.
Last year, Coupang made headlines due to a low-security data leak. The…
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