South Korea's acting President Han Duck-soo called on Thursday for talks with U.S. officials to shield the export-reliant economy from the impact of U.S. tariffs and ordered emergency support measures for businesses.

President Donald Trump ignited a global trade war by announcing a plan to impose a 10% baseline tariff on most goods imported to the United States on April 2 and higher duties on more than 60 countries under the so-called reciprocal tariff scheme.

China, Japan, and South Korea will jointly respond to U.S. tariffs, reports Reuters, citing Chinese state media. The new U.S. tariffs are set to take effect on April 2nd. Comments from state media followed the first economic dialogue in five years between the three countries,