# Analysis-Korea's wobbles over US trade talks awaken the won bears

> South Korea's trade talks with the Trump administration faced political doubts, and the won broke through 1,400 per dollar on Thursday. The selling followed President Lee Jae Myung's statement that Korea would need a currency swap with the US if it accepted the $350 billion investment demand.

- Date: 2025-09-25 · published 2025-09-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region South Korea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/23109-analysis-korea-s-wobbles-over-us-trade-talks-awaken-the-won-bears
- Commodities: [Korean Won (KRW per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDKRW.md)

## Why it matters

Investor fears of a raw trade deal or a currency crisis push the won weaker, which raises the local cost of dollar-priced feed imports and adds uncertainty to Korean purchases of US agricultural goods.

## Read by commodity

- USDKRW: bullish ▲

## Sources

- finance.yahoo.com: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/analysis-koreas-wobbles-over-us-075959237.html

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