In Japan and South Korea, Trump will promote big investments. But the details are still not clear
October 23, 2025
President Donald Trump will be in Japan and South Korea next week and he’s expected to promote an epic windfall in investments for U.S. factories and projects. The two countries made combined pledges of about $900 billion to try to reduce tariff levels Trump had threatened to apply to their exports. But the investments have a lot of loose ends. Japan wants its $550 billion to benefit its own companies. And South Korea has some conditions on financing its $350 billion promise — conditions aimed at reducing the hit to its economy. The details of the investments are still to be determined.