{"id":2204101,"date":"2024-03-07T08:00:50","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T23:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/?p=2204101"},"modified":"2024-03-06T14:05:13","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T05:05:13","slug":"us-south-korea-name-negotiators-for-contentious-defense-cost-sharing-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2024\/03\/us-south-korea-name-negotiators-for-contentious-defense-cost-sharing-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"US, South Korea name negotiators for contentious defense cost-sharing deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The U.S. and South Korea named their respective chief negotiators for the upcoming talks on the 12th <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/the-u-s-republic-of-korea-consultation-on-the-special-measures-agreement\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Measures Agreement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (SMA) concerning the sharing of costs for U.S. troops stationed in South Korea. The allies have not specified a start date for the negotiations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lee Tae-woo, a senior diplomat and former consul general in Sydney, will lead the South Korean delegation, while Linda Specht, a senior adviser at the State Department, will head the U.S. team, according to an announcement by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofa.go.kr\/www\/brd\/m_4080\/view.do?seq=374705&amp;page=1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Why It Matters<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The upcoming SMA negotiations between the U.S. and South Korea will likely be challenging, as the two sides have historically differed on the appropriate level of Seoul\u2019s financial contributions. Under the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kida.re.kr\/frt\/board\/frtPcrmBoardDetail.do?sidx=366&amp;idx=2599&amp;depth=3&amp;searchCondition=&amp;searchKeyword=&amp;pageIndex=1&amp;lang=en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">current agreement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, set to expire in 2025, South Korea paid around $1 billion in 2021. However, the allies will likely commence talks within this year and aim for a swift conclusion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although the current SMA does not expire until 2025, the urgency to hold talks soon may be attributed to the potential return of Donald Trump to the White House. During his previous term, Trump <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2019\/11\/14\/politics\/trump-south-korea-troops-price-hike\/index.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reportedly demanded<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a 400% increase in South Korea\u2019s contributions to $5 billion. By concluding the negotiations successfully before the U.S. presidential election, Seoul could avoid the risk of facing tough demands from a re-elected Trump administration, ensuring a more stable and predictable cost-sharing arrangement for the next several years.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/tag\/defense-security\/\"><span class=\"tag\">Defense &amp; Security<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/tag\/inter-korean-foreign-relations\/\"><span class=\"tag\">Inter-Korean &amp; Foreign Relations<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. and South Korea named their respective chief negotiators for the upcoming talks on the 12th Special Measures Agreement (SMA) concerning the sharing of costs for U.S. troops stationed in South Korea. The allies have not specified a start date for the negotiations. Lee Tae-woo, a senior diplomat and former consul general in Sydney, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10407,"featured_media":2204102,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[26,28],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>US, South Korea name negotiators for contentious defense cost-sharing deal - KOREA PRO<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2024\/03\/us-south-korea-name-negotiators-for-contentious-defense-cost-sharing-deal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US, South Korea name negotiators for contentious defense cost-sharing deal - KOREA PRO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The U.S. and South Korea named their respective chief negotiators for the upcoming talks on the 12th Special Measures Agreement (SMA) concerning the sharing of costs for U.S. troops stationed in South Korea. 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