Seoul officials make all-out..
Updated : 2025-07-28 22:09:50 KST
Seoul officials make all-out efforts to strike deal with U.S. before Aug. 1 tariff enforcement
The clock is ticking as the Lee Jae Myung administration looks to clinch a deal with Washington, to swerve the 25 percent reciprocal tariffs going into effect this Friday. Senior officials are making all-out efforts to engage their U.S. counterparts. Oh Soo-young has the latest. Just days before the August 1st deadline for Washington's reciprocal tariffs, pressure is mounting for South Korean officials, as they aim to strike a trade deal with the United States.
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all-|out 총력을 기울인, 전면적인
look to ~ 기대하다
swerve 방향을 바꾸다[틀다]
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As of Monday, Seoul's Trade Minister Kim Jung-kwan has reportedly flown from the U.S. to Europe in a last-ditch attempt to engage with Trump administration officials, following the U.S.-EU Summit in Scotland. This comes ahead of the delayed two-plus-two talks between South Korea and the U.S.' trade and finance-related ministers. Citing a scheduling conflict, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer last Friday postponed the meeting to July 31st one day before the 25 percent duties on Korean goods take effect.
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last-ditch (성공할 가망이 많지 않은데) 최후의 시도로 하는, 필사적인
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Finance Minister Koo Yoon-chul received the cancellation notice just one hour before he was due to take off to Washington D.C. He will instead leave on Tuesday to meet with Bessent on Thursday local time. The U.S. has been demanding greater access to the agricultural market, as well as digital and auto sectors. According to local media, Seoul is expected to leverage America's interest in Korean shipbuilding.
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leverage …에 지레를 사용하다, …에 영향력을 미치다.
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Trade Minister Kim last week proposed a multibillion-dollar "Make American Shipbuilding Great Again" plan, which was reportedly received with "strong interest" by U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnik. There's also growing speculation that a bilateral investment fund, modeled after Japan's 550 billion dollar deal, could be on the table.
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be on the table 검토 중이다
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Seoul is reportedly reviewing plans to expand its proposed investment beyond the initial 100 billion, involving the country's largest conglomerates such as Samsung, SK, Hyundai Motor, LG and Hanwha. Foreign Minister Cho Hyun is also set to meet U.S. Secretary of State Rubio in parallel talks on Thursday in D.C., for what could be a final opportunity to reach a breakthrough. Oh Soo-young, Arirang News.
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영어 원문 출처 및 동영상 링크;
arirang news/Foreign Policy
https://m.arirang.com/news/view?id=285684
