States have enjoyed more than USD 130 billion from clean-energy investments, making the IRA’s full abrogation difficult to imagine.

South Korea's climate targets are ambitious, as Korea was the world’s thirteenth-largest GHG emitter in 2023.

Once dismissed as an abstract nuisance, transnational subsidies have now become a central concern for countries.

The proposed tariff on cars is likely to severely affect U.S.-South Korea economic relations, as well as the U.S. economy itself.

Japanese observers have become increasingly apprehensive of deepening division within Korea, with growing worries about an absence of order.

The second-term trade actions impacting Korea and other countries will deeply affect the US ability to compete in steel-intensive industries.

The United States will cease to participate in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and eliminate positions supporting the US representative. 

A return to decoupling could be the trend for the global economy under President Donald Trump’s second term.

An analysis of US public opinion suggests that the recent rise of Hallyu should be taken seriously due to its impact on attitudes about Korea.

Although the US-Korea-Japan trilateral relationship may face new challenges under the incoming Donald Trump administration, cooperation between the three countries will likely persist.