U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly traded shares of Coupang Inc. through an asset management firm after beginning his second term, according to U.S. financial disclosure reports, raising questions over a potential conflict of interest in the company that has become a source of diplomatic unease between Korea and the United States. The reports, filed with the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) and released in May and again this month, show that Trump traded Coupang Inc. shares 18 times between October 2025 and May this year through two investment accounts. Trump is estimated to still hold up to $130,000 worth of common stock in U.S.-listed Coupang Inc., although it accounts for a relatively minor portion of his overall investment portfolio. Several senior foreign policy and trade officials in the Trump administration were also found to have received compensation from the company for speaking engagements, advisory work or consulting services before taking office, although they did not trade Coupang Inc. shares as Trump did. Among them were U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, who r