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Key points
- Trump repeated his claim that South Korea agreed to spend $50bn on an Alaska gas pipeline.
- Alaska Public Media reported Korean officials said no such investment was agreed.
- Trump said the Korean investment was part of a $200bn package tied to a 2025 trade deal.
Donald Trump repeated a claim on Tuesday that South Korea has agreed to spend $50bn to build a liquefied natural gas pipeline in Alaska. He made the remark while speaking in Wasilla, Alaska.
The claim comes days after Alaska Public Media reported that Korean officials told state lawmakers in Anchorage that their country had not agreed to invest in the pipeline. Those officials said South Korea would consider investing if the project were commercially reasonable.
What Trump announced earlier
In an Oval Office announcement last month, Trump said South Korea had agreed to pay for an 807-mile (1,299km) pipeline. The pipeline would carry natural gas from Alaska's North Slope to a liquefaction facility on Alaska's southern coast.
Trump was joined at that announcement by senator Dan Sullivan, an Alaska Republican facing a tough re-election battle. Trump said the Korean investment was part of a $200bn package of US projects that South Korea agreed to in 2025 under a trade deal in exchange for lower US tariffs on South Korean cars, auto parts and other products.
South Korea had agreed to pay for an 807-mile (1,299km) pipeline
— Donald Trump
South Korea's response
The next day, South Korean officials insisted that they had not agreed to the pipeline investment, according to the article. The article states that Alaska Public Media reported the officials' comments to state lawmakers in Anchorage.
