SEOUL (Reuters) – Officers from South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Sector and Strength are checking out the United States this week to categorical “issues” about the US anti-inflation law passed on Thursday. This is simply because South Korean producers this kind of as Hyundai Motor are at a drawback when it arrives to promoting electric powered autos (EVs) in the US marketplace, and are anticipated to complain that there is a chance of conflict.
The new law restrictions the electric vehicle tax credit to cars assembled in North The united states. It also mandates that some essential minerals utilised in EV batteries occur from the US or from nations around the world with which the US has a free trade arrangement (FTA).
South Korean battery giants LG Electrical power Methods, SK On and Samsung SDI hold extra than 25% of the world wide EV battery market place, according to SNE Exploration.
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