Last straight line for commercial negotiations. The Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea will meet with the Secretary of the United States Treasury next week, before the deadline established by Washington to reach an agreement on customs duties, the office of the presidency of Seoul said on Saturday.
“The Vice Prime Minister Koo Yun-Cheol and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cho Yun, must meet with the United States Secretary of the United States, Scott Besent and Secretary of State Marco Rubio next week,” said the presidential office in a statement.
The press release was published during a meeting in the presidential office during which Industry Minister Kim Jung-Kwan reported on his exchanges held Tuesday with the United States Secretary of the United States, Howard Lunick.
The administration of US President Donald Trump has shown the threat of customs duties of 25% for South Korea if a commercial agreement is not found on August 1.
The announcement of this meeting is produced after the cancellation of the discussions scheduled for last week, due to the “urgent schedule” of Scott Besent.
Naval construction, a weight argument
The Office of the Presidency also specifies that Seoul confirmed Washington’s “great interest” in the naval construction sector, which could then serve as currency in the negotiations, and agreed to work for cooperation in this sector.
South Korea is the second most important country in this area, behind China.
Given the increase in tensions in the Taiwan Strait, the United States resorted to shipyards abroad to strengthen their operations in the Asia and Pacific region, which makes South Korea a key defense partner.
In 2024, Hanwha Ocean, one of the largest naval manufacturers in South Korea, became the first non -American company authorized to carry out the maintenance of the dry table of a US Navy ship. UU.
Source: BFM TV
