Xi's Free Trade Credentials Under Scrutiny Amid Missile Spat
- China bans sale of tour packages to Korea, suspends Lotte ops
- Seoul wants Thaad deployed this year as Kim’s threats grow
Xi's Trade Credentials Under Scrutiny
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Chinese President Xi Jinping has in recent months championed an international system of rules for free trade. Now his country’s treatment of South Korean companies amid a missile-shield spat is raising questions about those globalization credentials.
South Korea is now saying it could consider action at the World Trade Organization or via its bilateral free trade deal arrangements as China retaliates for its move to deploy a U.S. missile defense system known as Thaad, with the first missile launchers arriving this week.