Seoul officials discuss response to USTR trade probe, EU's steel safeguard plan

The government convened a regular trade promotion meeting Monday to discuss South Korea's pending trade issues with the United States, the European Union and other economic partners, the trade ministry said. In the meeting, Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo and officials from related ministries discussed Seoul's response to the office of the US Trade Representative's ongoing investigation into what it calls "unfair" foreign trade practices involving South Korea, under Section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act,