Noting that automobiles
and semiconductors are becoming major export items to the U.S. market, trade
officials pointed out that the U.S. promise not to impose a curb on the imports
of the Korean items is interpreted here as a big success for Korea. “Should the
U.S. put a brake on imports of Korean-made passenger cars, it would deal a
severe blow to the just-begun exports of Korean cars to the United States,”
they said.