Seoul, March 20 (IANS) The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources launched on Friday a joint task force with private industries to coordinate responses to the United States’ trade investigations into South Korea over structural excess capacity and forced labour, officials said.Earlier this month, the office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) launched consecutive trade inquiries into South Korea and other major economies to uncover what it calls “unfair” trade practices related to structu…
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Washington, Jan 17 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s administration will seek “separate” semiconductor tariff agreements for “separate countries,” a U.S. official said, after the United States and Taiwan reached a deal on the chip levies this week.”Separate agreements for separate countries,” a U.S. official said, responding to a question from Yonhap News Agency regarding whether the deal with Taiwan would set a standard for chip tariffs or the U.S. would conduct separate negotiations with othe…