SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer was scheduled to meet with the chief executive officers (CEOs) of HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and Hanwha Ocean Co., South Korea’s leading shipbuilders, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) trade ministers’ meeting this week, industry sources said Thursday. Greer [...]
WASHINGTON, Apr. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has taken issue again with South Korean bills calling on foreign online content providers to pay network usage fees in a recent report, saying they could be “anticompetitive.” On Friday, the office issued the 2024 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign [...]
AUBURN, Michigan, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai and South Korean Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo made a joint visit to the factory of a South Korean semiconductor material producer on Wednesday, highlighting their emphasis on cooperation for supply chain resiliency. The rare trip to the SK Siltron CSS factory in [...]
SEJONG, Jul. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea suggested the United States carry out a joint study on the economic impact of the Seoul-Washington free trade agreement before starting talks on its amendment, Seoul’s trade ministry here said Tuesday. “Regarding your request to convene a special session of the Joint Committee under the KORUS FTA, [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s car exports to the United States have declined, rather than increased, after the two countries abolished import taxes last year as part of their free trade agreement, data showed Sunday. The Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association (KAMA) published the analysis that rebuts a widespread belief in the U.S. [...]