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South Korea sees 'betrayal' in Biden's electric vehicle push

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An issue that threatens to complicate economic and security cooperation between the close allies.

The dispute stems from provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act signed last month by US President Joe Biden. - AFP

While Seoul hasn’t decided to tie cooperation on the issue to other items on the US’s economic agenda, that couldn’t be ruled out, the official said. "South Korea may consider the IRA like being stabbed in the back,” said Cheon Seong-whun, a former security strategy secretary under former conservative President Park Geun-hye.

South Korea’s chief trade negotiator, Ahn Duk-geun, will meet Trade Representative Katherine Tai early next week before attending the IPEF meetings scheduled to start Sept 8 in Los Angeles.

 

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