Some speculate America's import restrictions and steep tariffs on foreign producers are
intentionally targeting South Korea.
That there may be a link between trade and national security
Cha Sang-mi sheds light on what Seoul's response to Washington's trade policies should be.
The United States' ever stronger trade protection policies are causing concern for its trading
partners,... and South Korea -- considered a strong ally of the U.S. -- is no exception.
The U.S. has been using a variety of tactics to restrict imports, from anti-dumping rules
to recent safeguard measures against Korean-made steel and washing machines.
And with the recent thaw in relations between the two Koreas, some say too much pressure
on trade may hurt mutual cooperation on security.
"Theoretically, the national security and trade issues should be separate, but the Trump
Administration's policies demonstrate that the national security issue impacts the trade
issue."
Another expert says trade and national security are two sides of the same coin, and that President
Trump may be trying to kill two birds with one stone by restricting imports from South
Korea.
"U.S. government or Mr. Trump are considering a solution all together - the North Korea's
nuclear threat problem and South Korea's trade continuous surplus against the United States
in a single shot."
The expert says the true intentions of the U.S. are revealed in the import restrictions
Washington continuously imposes on Seoul, taking into account the U.S. trade deficit
with South Korea is nowhere near the size of its deficits with Japan and China.
He says the U.S. could be trying to leverage its economic power to further its national
security goals.
Korea's former trade minister Bark Tae-ho points out that the United States' standards
for import restrictions are vague and subjective, and are against international trade rules.
"The Korean government is considering filing a complaint to the WTO regarding the United
States' unilateral trade penalties, and when we do so, we should cooperate with many other
countries who are affected by the U.S.' trade pressure."
Bark says the Trump Administration is using its trade pressure as leverage in the on-going
South Korea-U.S. free trade agreement renegotiations, but added that it's unlikely to have a huge
impact on the renegotiations to the 6-year-old trade deal.
Cha Sang-mi, Arirang News.
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