By Heekyong Yang, Joyce Lee and Hyunjoo Jin
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea touted a broad range of U.S. investment plans by its companies at Monday’s summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, spanning shipbuilding, nuclear energy, aerospace, energy and critical minerals.
While South Korean companies pledged at the summit $150 billion in U.S. investments, the countries also agreed to establish a non-binding agreement to steer $350 billion of investment funds proposed by Seoul in July as part of a trade deal to cut threatened U.S. tariffs on Korean goods.
Here are some of the investment plans announced as part of the summit.
$150 BILLION IN INVESTMENTS
South Korea’s business lobby group said companies would invest $150 billion in areas such as ar