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US President Trump said that some of the countries in the World Trade Organization (WTO) are getting preference for developing country status, and that he will handle it. We are among the countries that are said to be receiving preferential treatment, even though they are aimed directly at China ahead of the China - China trade negotiations.

In Washington, Son Seokmin correspondent reports.

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President Trump said he would like to work with the World Trade Organization (WTO), a commissioned commissioned by Twitter.

The WTO has instructed the US Trade Representative to mobilize all possible means to prevent the WTO from giving preference to developing countries in economically wealthy countries.

If the WTO fails to make substantial progress within 90 days, the United States has announced that it will unilaterally stop treating developing countries to these countries.

President Trump gave a list of unfair cases by specifying China as a representative country benefiting from developing countries in its directive.

Though not defined in detail as China, 20 member countries including Korea, Mexico and Turkey and member countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development have also demanded the status of developing countries.

The status of a developing country in the WTO is determined by the self-declaration method of the country concerned, and it can benefit the domestic industry through the imposition of customs duties and subsidies.

Mr. Trump's direction is to push China one more time ahead of the resumption of US-China trade negotiations on Wednesday, but it is also affecting Korea, which is recognized as a developing country in agriculture.