A 10-pack of the popular instant noodle brand Shin Ramyun is $10.99 at 88 Marketplace, an Asian supermarket in the Lower West Side near Chinatown . But the South Korean ramen brand’s prices could soon increase, as President Donald Trump’s trade war wages on.

Jan Zhu, store manager at 88 Marketplace, said the recent 15% import tariffs on South Korean products will make it harder for the grocer to keep prices down.

While the store is absorbing some of the price increases, Zhu said it has still been forced to pass along some cost hikes to customers.

Trump has pushed for tariffs as a way to boost U.S. manufacturing and force countries like Mexico and China to curb the flow of illegal drugs and migrants into the U.S. This year, he’s announced tariffs on nearly every country at rates ranging

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