I te 22 o Noema, i pānuitia e te Minita Tauhokohoko o Kōrea ki te Tonga, e Lu Hanwei, i roto i te Manatū Mōhiohio ka waiho te hokohoko ki te Hononga o Amerika hei karaniwha mō te hokohoko maitai.
"I tae te Hononga o Amerika me te Kotahitanga o Ūropi ki tētahi whakaaetanga pia hou mō te hokohoko kaweake maitai i te tau 1000, ā, i tata nei i whakapuaki i tā rāua whakaae ki te whakawhānui i te hihiri hokohoko maitai ki ngā kamupene Hapanihi. Rangahauhia ngā take e pā ana ki te Hononga o Amerika," te kī a Lu Hanku.
E mārama ana kua whakawhāitihia e ngā mana whakahaere hōia me ngā mana whakahaere kāwanatanga o Kōrea ki te Tonga te kaweake maitai o Amerika puta noa i te motu ki te 70% o te toharite o ngā kaweake maitai mai i te tau 2015 ki te 2017. Ko te kaha pea o ngā kawemai maitai o Amerika me Kōrea ki te Tonga i roto i te awhe whakawhāiti ko te 25%.
I kī te Manatū Tauhokohoko o Kōrea ki te Tonga ka whakapā atu rātou mā roto i tētahi hui minita, me te tumanako ka ārai i te tūponotanga o tēnei mea.