Three South Korean cabinet-level officials met U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in Washington for trade talks, Seoul said on Wednesday, as top business leaders were also reported to be flying in to help lobby for a deal on U.

South Korea’s top economic, trade, and foreign affairs officials have converged on Washington, D.C., in a last-ditch effort to finalize a trade agreement with the United States before President Donald Trump’s August 1 deadline for imposing 25% reciprocal tariffs.

South Koreas top economic officials are in Washington seeking to finalize a trade agreement with the United States as a deadline looms for steep tariffs. Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol joined Industry Minister