South Korea and China have agreed to extend their currency swap deal, Seoul said Friday, easing concerns the deal would fall through due to tensions over a U. S. missile defense system.
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea and China have agreed to extend their currency swap deal, Seoul said Friday, easing concerns the deal would fall through due to tensions over a U. S. missile defense system.
The two Asian countries renewed the deal worth 64 trillion won or 360 billion yuan ($57 billion) for another three years, Bank of Korea, South Korea’s central bank, and its finance ministry said.
The announcement was first shared by the Bank of Korea governor and the country’s finance minister with South Korean reporters in Washington, D. C., where they were attending a meeting of Group of 20 finance ministers and central bankers.
The move keeps the two countries’ already soured relationship from further deteriorating. South Korean companies’ businesses have suffered in China amid friction over South Korea’s deployment of a U.
