SEOUL: South Korean business leaders voiced alarm Friday after US President Donald Trump said he might tear up a free trade agreement with Seoul, warning the deal was a “major pillar” of the allies’ ties.

The US was only recently overtaken by China as the world’s biggest trader in goods, but Trump regularly attacked trade pacts on the campaign trail -- raising concerns in Asia’s fourth-largest economy.

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