ROK Will Reportedly Agree to 13% Raise in New Cost Sharing Deal
|Like I said before signing a new cost sharing deal would be a simple win for the Biden administration. The reported 13% rise allows the administration to say they were able to get the ROK to pay more when the Trump administration with their hardline tactics could not:
The United States and South Korea are just weeks away from coming together on a new cost-sharing deal for stationing 28,500 U.S. troops on the peninsula, CNN reported Wednesday.
The report, which cited five anonymous sources familiar with the discussions, said the contract taking shape is a multiyear deal that increases Seoul’s contribution by about 13%.
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Just a figure. Now comes the negotiations (fight) on how its paid. Hope there is no in-kind.
Should be 30%. Commie moon got off easy.
87% to low….should be paying 100%