Trump warns of tariffs up to 300% without U.S. factories

After Republican midterm losses, his White House remarks signal no retreat on trade policy, a South Korean report says.

Channel: YTN · South KoreaStory of November 7, 2026Trari Newsroom

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Foreign companies should build in America or face tariffs reaching 300%: that is the warning at the center of South Korean news broadcaster YTN's report on Donald Trump's response to his party's midterm defeat.

Speaking to reporters at the White House on November 5, the president argued that removing tariffs would bring foreign companies' American factory projects to an immediate halt. He claimed roughly 3,000 factories and production facilities were being built because companies wanted to avoid import duties.

His argument was that companies could escape those tariffs by starting construction and production in the United States. He also maintained that domestic manufacturing would bring prices down. The report presents these as Trump's claims, not established outcomes.

For Korean viewers, one passage brings the issue directly home: Trump named South Korea alongside China, Japan and the Philippines as places from which America would import goods if the factories were abandoned.

Asked how he would use executive orders during his remaining two years and preserve his political legacy, Trump said extensive preparations were underway and that more would become visible over the following weeks. He did not set out those measures in this excerpt.

The AI-narrated report interprets the remarks as a commitment to tariffs despite the election result. It allows that the 300% figure may be rhetorical exaggeration, while warning that it could also signal substantial additional duties. Its central distinction is between an electoral setback and a policy reversal: in these remarks, Trump offers no reversal.

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The report drew about 832,000 views since yesterday, placing it among South Korea's most-watched news Shorts.

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the video

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