Seoul, April 26 || South Korea and the United States will start working-level discussions next week to advance their agreement on trade tariffs and other areas of cooperation, Industry Minister Ahn Duk-geun said on Saturday.
Ahn made the remark as he returned from Washington, where he and Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok had the "two-plus-two" consultations on tariffs with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.
The two sides agreed to craft a package deal for tariffs, and bilateral economic and industrial cooperation before the 90-day pause on the tariff measures expires on July 8, reports news agency.
"We assess that we got off to a good start in the consultations," Ahn told reporters upon arriving at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul.
"Working-level consultations will get under way in earnest starting this week. We plan to finalize details on specific task forces," he said.
During the "two-plus-two" talks, they agreed to have future talks focused on four categories: tariff and non-tariff measures, economic security, investment cooperation and currency policies.