In a high-stakes chess game of international trade, President Donald Trump recently moved his queen, announcing a historic trade deal with South Korea that imposes tight restraints on tariffs and frees billions in cross-border investments. But this is more than a diplomatic headline. ETF investors now face a shifted landscape of sector-specific plays and geopolitical earthquakes to hedge against.
Here’s how the 15% tariff agreement and South Korea’s promise of $350 billion of investments are echoing throughout the ETF universe.
