¡°If an agreement is reached as requested by the United States, I could be impeached.¡±

According to the World Wide Web, on the 18th, local time, the U.S. Time magazine published an interview with South Korean President Li Keqiang, involving a number of topics.

The interview also mentioned Lee's relationship with U.S. President Trump, as well as the question of land ownership of the U.S. military base in South Korea.

On August 25th, local time, Trump met with Lee Jae-myung in the Oval Office. Source: vision china

Earlier, at Trump's invitation, Lee Jae-myung visited the United States from August 24th to 26th, and met with Trump on the 25th. The two sides discussed North Korea relations, shipbuilding cooperation, US-Japan-ROK relations, etc.

During the talks, Trump expressed the hope that the ROK would "hand over" the land ownership of the US military base stationed in South Korea to the US, instead of "leasing" it to the US.

In an interview, Lee said, ¡°I believe he¡¯s joking because the United States is already using these bases and land for free.¡± In fact, if the U.S. really owns land, we have to pay property taxes, and we can¡¯t be exempt from that portion.¡£¡±

Li also said that with extraordinary growth experience and common determination to win, He is able to establish a harmonious personal relationship with Trump.

According to Yonhap News Agency, this exclusive interview took Lee Jae-myung's 100th day in office as an opportunity and was held at the Presidential Palace in Longshan on the 3rd of this month.

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At the end of July, Trump announced that he would reduce the tariff on Korean products from the original 25% to 15%. And he also offered a quid pro quo: South Korea invested US $350 billion in the United States, purchased US $100 billion worth of liquefied natural gas or other energy products, and then promised to invest a large amount of money for its own investment purposes.

Prior to his visit to the United States, Lee said the process of Korean-U.S. tariff consultation would be difficult, but he believed that a practical and reasonable conclusion would eventually be reached.

However, the two sides did not issue a joint statement after the talks, nor announced "major achievements".This highlights a series of unresolved problems between the United States and South Korea, involving economic and trade, security and other fields.

The governor noted that on September 11, Li Jinping, at the press conference of the Centennial, once again stated that he will not reach any back-end agreement with the United States and will never make decisions that violate the national interests of South Korea.

In addition, affected by the detention of Korean citizens by the United States, the relationship between the United States and South Korea has continued to be tense recently.

On the 16th, South Korean Foreign Minister Zhao Zhao said about the incident: The United States is no longer a good partner with its allies.It is rare for South Korea¡¯s foreign ministers to publicly criticize the United States.

Regarding the unsatisfactory progress of the follow-up tariff negotiations, Zhao Xian said that this was because it was difficult for the South Korean government to accept the proposal proposed by the US.

He said that the Korean side will focus on the win-win solution, and even if it takes some time, it will do its utmost to safeguard the national interests and properly handle the Korean-American relations.

Source: Governor of Long An Street