SEOUL: South Korea and the United States will hold trade consultations this week in Washington at the suggestion of the US, Seoul's trade ministry said on Sunday (Apr 20). Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok and Trade Minister Ahn Duk-geun will meet with Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on the sidelines of the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, the ministry said in a statement. South Korea hopes to lower the 25 per cent "