Trump gov't releases maritime plan codifying 'historic' shipbuilding cooperation with S. Korea, Japan

US President Donald Trump's administration unveiled an action plan Friday to rebuild America's shipbuilding industry, pledging to continue "historic" cooperation with South Korea and Japan, and proposing a strategy enabling the first ships in a contract to be built in an allied foreign shipyard. The White House released "America's Maritime Action Plan," as Seoul and Washington are pushing to strengthen cooperation under the former's "Make American Shipbuilding Great Again (MASGA)" proposal as pa