{"id":1647714,"date":"2022-09-19T19:52:22","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T23:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1647714"},"modified":"2022-09-19T19:52:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T23:52:42","slug":"row-over-ev-subsidy-rules-overshadows-s-korean-presidents-first-u-s-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/row-over-ev-subsidy-rules-overshadows-s-korean-presidents-first-u-s-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Row over EV subsidy rules overshadows S.Korean president\u2019s first U.S. visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frow-over-ev-subsidy-rules-overshadows-s-korean-presidents-first-u-s-visit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1647714&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>By Hyonhee Shin<\/p>\n<p>SEOUL (Reuters) \u2013     South Korea\u2019s opposition to new rules governing U.S. subsidies for electric vehicles will overshadow President Yoon Suk-yeol\u2019s first official trip to the United States, disrupting a recent  display of alliance strength with Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Yoon, who was in London for the funeral of Britain\u2019s Queen Elizabeth, departed for New York late on Monday to attend the U.N. General Assembly. He will fly to Canada on Thursday for the last leg of his trip before returning home on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>In New York, Yoon will hold a summit with U.S. President Joe Biden where both leaders are expected to discuss North Korea\u2019s growing weapons threats, and mounting concerns in South Korea over the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), signed by Biden last month. <\/p>\n<p>The new law eliminates federal tax credits for electric vehicles (EVs) made outside North America, meaning companies like Hyundai Motor Co and its affiliate Kia Corp will no longer be eligible for such subsidies.<\/p>\n<p>The law has sparked complaints from government officials in Seoul, who see it as a betrayal of Biden\u2019s vows to boost bilateral economic ties after South Korean companies agreed to make major investments and build factories in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Seoul officials have said the law may violate a bilateral free trade agreement, and they have asked Washington to postpone the new rules until Hyundai completes building its Georgia factory in 2025. Yoon is likely to reiterate that request during the upcoming summit. <\/p>\n<p>A number of high-level South Korean officials have been mobilised in recent weeks to relay concerns to their U.S. counterparts and press for exemptions, though solutions are far from clear. <\/p>\n<p>U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan told his South Korean counterpart Kim Sung-han early this month that the IRA would bring \u201cmore pluses than minuses\u201d to Korea but promised to review the impact of the new rules. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s structurally quite complicated because it\u2019s already signed into law, but there is a way to go about it,\u201d a senior South Korean official closely involved in the discussions said on condition of anonymity due to the diplomatic sensitivity of the issue. <\/p>\n<p>When asked about the IRA, Yoon\u2019s senior economic secretary, Choi Sang-mok, said neither side had yet set an agenda for the summit but could discuss the issue in light of its importance. <\/p>\n<p>Yoon has also been struggling to make headway on other key diplomatic and security issues such as improving relations with Japan and enticing North Korea back to denuclearisation talks. <\/p>\n<p>Yoon\u2019s office said he plans to hold his first bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in New York, though some Japanese media reports suggested the meeting may not happen as legal fights over historic disputes remain unresolved.<\/p>\n<p>According to a senior official at Yoon\u2019s office, the president also plans to use his speech to the U.N. General Assembly to reiterate the need for North Korea\u2019s denuclearisation, with Pyongyang rejecting Seoul\u2019s recent overtures and talks remaining stalled. <\/p>\n<p>A diplomatic source told Reuters that Seoul and Washington are exploring how to reopen denuclearisation talks without another major weapons test or provocation by the North. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur responses to the North\u2019s recent moves have been low profile, which is intended in order to not give the level of attention they want,\u201d the source said, requesting anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we\u2019re sending a clear message that another nuclear test would trigger real repercussions, even harsher than the biting resolutions and measures taken after the sixth test and long-range missile launches.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Hyonhee Shin; Editing by Josh Smith and Ana Nicolaci da Costa)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/row-over-ev-subsidy\/the-kia-logo-is-seen-on-the-new-kia-niro\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI8I0YN-BASEIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI8I0YN-BASEIMAGE\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/row-over-ev-subsidy\/2022-world-car-awards-at-the-new-york-international-auto\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI8I0YK-BASEIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI8I0YK-BASEIMAGE\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/row-over-ev-subsidy\/file-photo-south-koreas-president-yoon-suk-yeol-holds-first-official\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI8I0YC-BASEIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI8I0YC-BASEIMAGE\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) \u2013 South Korea\u2019s opposition to new rules governing U.S. subsidies for electric vehicles will overshadow President Yoon Suk-yeol\u2019s first official trip to the United States,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1889047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1647714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_finder_url":"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/row-over-ev-subsidy\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1647714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1647714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1647714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1889047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1647714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1647714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1647714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}