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The United States will share closely held technology to allow south korea To build a nuclear powered submarine, the President donald trump Said on social media on Thursday After meeting the President of the country,
chairman lee jae myung In Wednesday’s meeting, Trump stressed that the goal is to modernize the alliance with the US, also noting plans to increase military spending to reduce the financial burden on the US. The South Korean leader said there may have been a misunderstanding when he last spoke about nuclear-powered submarines in August, saying his government was seeking nuclear fuel rather than weapons.
Lee said that if South Korea were equipped with nuclear-powered submarines, it could help US activities in the region.
US nuclear submarine technology is widely considered to be one of the most sensitive and highly protected technology the military possesses. The US has been incredibly protective of that knowledge and even the recently announced agreements with close allies united kingdom And Australia The latter does not have the luxury of directly transferring its knowledge to the US to help it acquire nuclear submarine technology.
This post of Trump on social media came before his meeting with the Chinese President. Xi JinpingWhose country has nuclear submarines, and then north korea A nuclear-powered submarine under construction was unveiled for the first time in March. This is a weapon system that could pose a major security threat to South Korea and the US
As Trump visits South Korea, north korea It said on Wednesday it conducted a successful cruise missile test, the latest demonstration of its growing military capabilities.
pentagon Officials did not immediately respond to questions about Trump’s announcement to share nuclear subtechnology with South Korea.
trump Preparations are underway to meet face to face with the Chinese leader Xi Jinping Thursday is a chance for the leaders of the world’s two largest economies to stabilize relations after months of turmoil over trade issues.
Trump has used tariffs aggressively since returning to the White House for a second term ChinaThe range of retaliatory measures on exports of rare earth elements has given new urgency to the meeting. There is mutual recognition that neither side wants to risk disrupting the world economy in a way that jeopardizes their own country’s fortunes.
In the days before the meeting, US officials have signaled that Trump does not intend to cash in on a recent threat to impose additional 100 percent import taxes on Chinese goods – and China has signaled it is also prepared to relax its export controls on rare earths and buy soybeans from the US.
Trump boarded Air Force One en route to South Korea and told reporters he might ease tariffs related to China’s role in manufacturing fentanyl earlier this year.
“I look forward to getting them down because I believe they will help us deal with the fentanyl situation,” Trump said. He later said, “Relations with China are very good.”