Economics
Korea to Shed Developing Nation Perks in Win for Trump
- Decision seen increasing pressure on China to drop status
- Korea’s finance minister says rice sector will be protected
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South Korea is abandoning its developing-nation privileges at the World Trade Organization following allegations by the Trump administration that some countries were taking advantage of the status.