NYT > World News As China and U.S. Split Over Energy, Korea Is Stuck in the Middle Par :Somini Sengupta and Grace Moon 29 octobre 2025 à 11:00 It needs the United States for defense and has spent billions building factories in America. But a Trump trade deal this week with China could erase a Korean edge in the U.S. market. © Yonhap/EPA, via ShutterstockThe U.S. has been pushing Korea to buy more liquefied natural gas. A tanker in South Korea in 2019.