South Korean shipbuilders first to benefit from Trump’s plan to keep US Navy afloat

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South Korean shipbuilders stand to gain from President Trump's recent directive allowing foreign shipyards with US investments to build vessels, aimed at bolstering the US Navy's capacity and revitalizing the domestic shipbuilding industry. This move is part of a broader strategy to rebuild the US naval industrial base.

South Korean shipbuilders could be among the first US partners to benefit from President Donald Trump’s push to rebuild America’s naval industrial base, analysts said. Trump last week signed a National Security Presidential Memorandum allowing foreign shipbuilders with US investments to build up to two vessels at their parent shipyards – a move aimed at quickly addressing gaps in US Navy capacity while restoring the country’s own shipbuilding sector. The directive comes as Washington seeks to...