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Korea and the United States have agreed to form a bilateral consultative body to discuss the issue of discrimination in electric vehicle subsidies.

Working-level discussions to discuss schedules, etc., have decided to start immediately.



Correspondent Seungmo Nam from Washington.



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Ahn Deok-geun, head of trade negotiations, visited Washington to resolve the issue of discrimination in electric vehicle subsidies yesterday (7th), followed by White House National Economic Council Chairman Brian Diss.



After more than an hour of negotiations, General Ahn said that they had agreed to form a bilateral negotiation body to discuss the issue.



[Ahn Deok-geun / Head of Trade and Negotiation Headquarters: (US Trade Representative) agreed to open a bilateral consultation channel to resolve this issue with the USTR.]



In particular, we decided to immediately start discussions with the working-level staff to discuss specific schedules.



USTR also confirmed through her website that Tai had listened to South Korea's concerns about electric vehicle subsidies and decided to launch a channel to discuss the matter.



Director Ahn said that the United States is fully aware of the seriousness of this problem, and that he seems to have sympathized with the fact that there is a legal problem.



He also announced that he would discuss possible ways to find a solution through the enforcement ordinance mentioned at the White House yesterday.



[Ahn Deok-geun / Head of Trade and Negotiation Headquarters: I think we should probably have such a discussion about what kind of proposals can come out with the enforcement decree of the US Treasury.]



However, unlike Korea, in the United States, it is expected that it will take some time for the consultation body to start operating in earnest as several ministries have to consult from now on.



The government plans to review and propose which alternatives are acceptable within the US legal system among the alternatives gathered from various fields.



The two sides agreed to continue high-level discussions through working-level discussions and international meetings such as the G20 and APEC scheduled for the second half of this year.