The Tariff is because the South Korean government subsidizes LG (and Samsung) so they can sell their washers way below the price of American made washers like Whirlpool, Maytag, etc.
This could force the American companies out of business, then LG & Samsung fully own the market and can charge whatever prices they want.
The South Korean government did this with LG & Samsung TV’s, knocking out all of the Japanese TV makers out of business, just like the Japanese did this in the 1980’s and knocked out all American made TV’s like RCA, Magnavox, Philips, etc.
And Zenith! Our town had a Zenith factory known for providing GREAT jobs until the outside TVs came in.