Discrimination in electric vehicle subsidies... Minister Lee Chang-yang "political approach"

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Minister of Industry Changyang Lee has arrived in the United States.

In order to solve the problem of discrimination in electric vehicle subsidies, Minister Lee said that it is not easy to solve by economic logic, and he said that he would take a political approach and make it controversial within the US government.

Correspondent Seungmo Nam from Washington.

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Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Lee Chang-yang, who arrived in the United States today (21st), announced that working-level discussions between South Korea and the United States have begun to resolve the issue of electric vehicle subsidies.

Earlier this month, during a visit to the US by Deok-geun Ahn, head of the Trade Negotiation Headquarters, he said that it was the working channel agreed with the US Trade Representative and held the first meeting last week.

[Lee Chang-yang / Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy: On the American side, five ministries participate, and the White House, the State Department, the Commerce Department, and the Energy Department all attend, so it is seen that there is quite a bit of sincerity in the United States.

] To solve this, we need to change the inflation reduction law. As the law itself was created based on political logic in the United States, it is not easy to solve with economic logic alone in the situation ahead of the midterm elections in November.

He also said that there are some areas where it is difficult to see that the US administration's efforts to resolve the law lead to amendment of the law.

[Lee Chang-yang/Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy: I would like to talk about some points that can be considered politically other than trade norms.]

From the US point of view, the US-led semiconductor consultative body Chip 4 and participation in the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework IPEF, which requires cooperation from the US, will politically press and persuade the US administration to revise the law early on by politically pressing and persuading the US administration. It is interpreted to mean that it is possible to do so.

Minister Lee is scheduled to meet with U.S. Commerce Secretary Lehmando tomorrow, following figures from the U.S. Congress today, to find a solution to subsidy for electric vehicles.