The U.S. wants South Korea to join efforts to counter China's growth in shipbuilding via potential cooperation in the sector, a senior official from Seoul's trade ministry said on Friday.

The United States has demanded South Korea join efforts to curb China in trade talks as the countries discuss cooperation in shipbuilding, a senior

The country’s new president, in office for a little over a month, had just dispatched his senior deputies to Washington to try to work out a trade deal.