I te 22 o Noema, i tētahi huihuinga pāpāho, i karanga te Minita Tauhokohoko o Kōrea ki te Tonga, a Lu Hanku, kia whiriwhiria ngā utu tauhokohoko rino me te Tari Tauhokohoko o Amerika.
"I tae te Hononga o Amerika me te Kotahitanga o Ūropi ki tētahi whakaaetanga utu hou mō te hokohoko kawemai me te kaweake maitai i te marama o Oketopa, ā, i te wiki kua taha ake nei i whakaae rātou ki te whiriwhiri anō i ngā utu hokohoko maitai me Hapani. Ko te Kotahitanga o Ūropi me Hapani ngā kaiwhakataetae o Kōrea ki te Tonga i te mākete o Amerika. Nō reira, e tino taunaki ana ahau kia whiriwhiria tēnei take me te Hononga o Amerika." I kī a Lu Hangu.
E mārama ana kua tae kē te kāwanatanga o Kōrea ki te Tonga ki tētahi whakaaetanga me te whakahaerenga a Trump ki te whakawhāiti i ana kaweake maitai ki te Hononga o Amerika ki te 70% o te toharite o ngā kaweake maitai mai i te tau 2015 ki te 2017. Ka taea te whakakore i ngā kawemai maitai a Kōrea ki te Tonga i roto i tēnei here mai i te Hononga o Amerika ki te 25% o te taripa.
E mārama ana kāore anō kia whakatauhia te wā whiriwhiringa. I kī te Manatū Hokohoko o Kōrea ki te Tonga ka tīmata te whakawhitiwhiti kōrero mā te hui minita, me te tumanako ka whiwhi i tētahi wā mō te whiriwhiringa i te wā e taea ai.