White House official accuses S. Korea of flooding U.S. with subsidized steel

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (Yonhap) -- - A White House official on Thursday accused South Korea of flooding the U.S. market with heavily subsidized steel products and Chinese steel shipped through the country, warning that Washington is taking action to crack down on such purported measures.

"South Korea is inundating the U.S. with highly subsidized steel and steel transshipped from China," Peter Navarro, White House senior counselor for trade and manufacturing, wrote on social media platform X.

"We are cracking down," he added, while sharing a video clip of him speaking with reporters earlier this week on U.S. trade.

In the news video clip from Tuesday, Navarro said he wants to "call out" in particular South Korea for "inundating" the American market with highly subsidized Korean steel and transshipped steel from China.

"Even though we have very high tariffs, 50 percent on steel, they are blowing past that because they cheat, and we're gonna be doing something about that."

This photo, released by EPA, shows White House Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing Peter Navarro speaking to the media at the White House in Washington on Sept. 19, 2025. (Yonhap)

Foreign steelmakers in the U.S. face tariffs under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, which allows the U.S. president to adjust imports deemed to threaten national security, as well as other trade remedy measures, the ministry said.

South Korean Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan last month urged Washington to pay close attention to difficulties facing Korean companies investing in the U.S. and support the project by easing tariffs on equipment and materials that need to be shipped from South Korea.

Last month, Hyundai-POSCO Louisiana Steel LLC, a joint venture between South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group and POSCO Holdings, broke ground for an electric arc furnace-based integrated steel mill construction project in the U.S. state of Louisiana scheduled to be completed in 2029.

The project is part of Hyundai Motor Group's US$26 billion U.S. investment plan announced last year. POSCO has taken a 20 percent stake in the project.

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White House official accuses S. Korea of flooding U.S. with subsidized steel

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华盛顿，10月8日（韩联社）——一位白宫官员周四指责韩国向美国市场大量投放补贴钢铁产品和经韩国运输的中国钢铁，并警告称华盛顿正在采取行动打击此类所谓的措施。

“韩国正向美国大量输送补贴力度极大的钢铁以及从中国转运的钢铁，”白宫贸易和制造业高级顾问彼得·纳瓦罗在社交媒体平台 X 上写道。

“我们正在严厉打击，”他补充道，同时分享了一段他本周早些时候与记者谈论美国贸易的视频片段。

在周二的新闻视频片段中，纳瓦罗表示，他特别想“点名批评”韩国，指责其用大量补贴的韩国钢铁和从中国转运的钢铁“淹没”美国市场。

“尽管我们对钢铁征收了高达 50% 的关税，但他们却能绕过这些关税，因为他们会作弊，我们将对此采取措施。”

这张照片由美国环保署发布，照片显示白宫贸易和制造业高级顾问彼得·纳瓦罗于2025年9月19日在华盛顿白宫向媒体发表讲话。（韩联社）

该部表示，根据 1962 年《贸易扩展法》第 232 条，在美国的外国钢铁制造商将面临关税，该条款允许美国总统调整被认为威胁国家安全的进口商品，以及其他贸易救济措施。

韩国产业通商资源部长金正冠上个月敦促华盛顿密切关注韩国企业在美国投资所面临的困难，并通过降低从韩国运往美国的设备和材料的关税来支持该项目。

上个月，韩国现代汽车集团和浦项控股的合资企业现代-浦项路易斯安那钢铁有限公司在美国路易斯安那州破土动工，兴建一座以电弧炉为基础的综合炼钢厂，预计将于 2029 年完工。

该项目是现代汽车集团去年宣布的260亿美元美国投资计划的一部分。浦项钢铁已持有该项目20%的股份。

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