SEOUL: The US has demanded South Korea join efforts to curb China in trade talks, as the countries discuss cooperation in shipbuilding, a senior official from Seoul’s trade ministry said today.
“The US is asking Seoul to join measures to curb China in ‘other areas’ as the ‘precondition’ for bilateral cooperation in shipbuilding,” trade policy director Chang Sung-gil said, without elaborating.
“The US feels a sense of crisis that China’s market share in the shipbuilding sector is growing and is tapping Korea as a strategic partner,” Chang said at a forum hosted by a lawmaker.