South Korea pledged on Monday a record amount of financing support for exporters to mitigate any negative impact from changes in U.S. trade policies as Donald Trump was poised to be sworn in for his second presidency.

Choi, who has been serving as acting president since late December, said he would seek to have a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump at the earliest time possible, hours a

South Korea’s government expressed concern about the “significant” impact on its economy likely to stem from US policy changes under Donald Trump and will seek talks with the US president to discuss cooperation as soon as possible.