South Korea Bets Big on Reviving Troubled US Shipbuilding to Woo Trump
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung is leaning on promises to "Make America Shipbuilding Great Again" during his first official U.S. trip, as the two allies wrangle over other details of their trade and security agreements.
Lee met with U.S. President Donald Trump for their first summit on Monday, and on Tuesday will visit a shipyard owned by South Korea's Hanwha Group to highlight investment plans.
Under a South Korean pledge to inject $350 billion into U.S. projects, shipbuilding has emerged as...
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