May hold up trade deal with South: US

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Friday said that he may “hold” the recently agreed trade deal with South Korea in an effort to gain leverage over his scheduled meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong- un. “I may hold it up till after a deal is made with North Korea,” he said in his address on infrastructure in Ohio. This week, Trump said, his administration “secured a wonderful ( trade) deal” with South Korea.