Washington, Feb. 15 -- US President Donald Trump will announce tariffs on imported cars in early April in what could be a direct setback to the South Korean automotive industry. The president announced the plan to unveil auto tariffs on April 2 as he has been using tariffs as a key tool to shrink America's trade deficit, boost domestic manufacturing and achieve other policy goals, including preventing the inflow of unauthorised migrants and drugs. Amid Trump's tariff-based policy push, fears have been swirling that Asia's fourth-largest economy might be put into his administration's crosshairs, given that South Korea's trade surplus with the United States reached $55.7 billion last year, reports Yonhap news agency.

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