IN BRIEF

摘要

1. South Korean negotiators rejected a U.S. proposal to revise a five-year-old trade deal to shift a trade imbalance. 2. The U.S. Navy removed the vice admiral in charge of its Pacific fleet after a destroyer collided with an oil tanker on Aug. 21. Five nations, including Australia and Malaysia, joined the search for 10 sailors who remained missing days after the crash. This was the fourth recent major naval accident in the region.