US calls Korea’s network fee policy ‘outlier,’ raises trade concerns

The Office of the US Trade Representative has renewed criticism of South Korea’s network usage fee policy, calling it an outlier and one of the “craziest” foreign trade barriers facing American exporters. In a series of posts on X on Tuesday, the agency said, “You wouldn’t believe the lengths some countries go to stop American exports,” listing 10 examples. Korea’s so-called “sending party network pays” policy ranked fourth. “No country in the world imposes a network usage fees on the transmissi

By The Korea Herald