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The United States wants South Korea to join a coordinated push to limit China’s fast-growing share of the world shipbuilding market, Seoul’s trade ministry said on Friday, tying the request to talks over 25 % tariffs on steel, cars and other goods.
Trade Policy Director Chang Sung-gil told a parliamentary forum that U.S. negotiators “feel a sense of crisis that China’s market share is rising” and see South Korea, the No 2 shipbuilding nation, as a “strategic partner” in efforts to counter Beijing.
Washington, he said, is asking Seoul to cooperate not only in ship construction itself but in unspecified “other areas” as a precondition for deeper industrial collaboration. The Biden administration also wants South Korea to increase purchases of U.S. energy and farm products in exchange for discussing a rollback of reciprocal 25 % tariffs imposed under Section 232 in 2018.
China’s foreign ministry urged both allies to avoid deals that harm third-party interests. “No agreement or negotiation should harm the interests of third parties,” spokesperson Mao Ning told reporters in Beijing on Friday.
The rivalry comes as China has captured more than 50 % of the global order book for new vessels, while South Korea holds roughly one-third, according to Clarkson Research Service data. The U.S. builds few commercial ships but fears Chinese dominance could give Beijing leverage over critical maritime supply chains.
South Korean officials say any pact must balance national sensitivities about importing additional U.S. farm goods—always a contentious issue in Seoul—and protect the domestic steel industry, which faces the same U.S. tariffs it has lobbied to remove.
Industry analysts expect the talks to intensify ahead of a possible summit later this year, but warn that aligning on both trade and strategic objectives will be difficult. “Seoul relies heavily on Chinese components even as it competes for hull orders,” said Park Jin-woo, a logistics professor at Korea Maritime University. “Decoupling at the shipyard gate will not be straightforward.”
Neither the U.S. Trade Representative’s office nor South Korea’s industry ministry has publicly commented on the substance of the private discussions.
A powerful eruption at Japan’s Shinmoedake volcano sent an ash plume more than 3,000 metres high on Sunday morning, prompting safety warnings from authorities.
According to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the Oaxaca region of Mexico on Saturday.
The UK is gearing up for Exercise Pegasus 2025, its largest pandemic readiness test since COVID-19. Running from September to November, this full-scale simulation will challenge the country's response to a fast-moving respiratory outbreak.
Kuwait says oil prices will likely stay below $72 per barrel as OPEC monitors global supply trends and U.S. policy signals. The remarks come during market uncertainty fueled by new U.S. tariffs on India and possible sanctions on Russia.
The World Food Programme has called for more food aid to be allowed in to Gaza to quell widespread starvation.
The United Kingdom has summoned the Russian envoy over its latest attack on Kyiv which killed civilians and damaged buildings including the EU delegation and the British Council.
China plans to triple Artificial Intelligence (AI) chip production within a year, boosting self-sufficiency for firms such as Huawei, despite U.S. export curbs, reducing reliance on foreign suppliers and bolster domestic innovation, in a move that could reshape global tech competition.
The Kremlin said on Thursday it was still interested in pursuing peace talks over Ukraine, despite a large overnight Russian strike on Kyiv that Ukrainian officials said killed at least 15 people, including four children.
At least 15 people died and nine were injured after a building collapsed in Palghar, near Mumbai in India, with police arresting the builder on charges of negligence and attempted murder.
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