美國能源部：協議爲一項持續數十年、規模達數十億美元的合作伙伴關係奠定基礎，將推動包括核不擴散在內的多項優先經濟和戰略目標。

South Korea’s minister of trade, industry and energy Kim Jung-kwan said the first Korea-to-U.S. investment project under the bilateral trade agreement could be announced as early as late August, with talks currently focused on energy. Kim, on a four-day visit to Washington, will meet U.S. Commerce Secretary Lutnick and other officials to discuss investment and trade. The move would implement last year’s deal under which Seoul pledged $350 billion of investment into the U.S., subject to an annual cap of $20 billion.

At a regular briefing today, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said China has lodged a stern protest over what it called a malicious attack by Philippine personnel on Chinese Coast Guard law-enforcement officers. China accused third parties of ignoring Philippine infringement and provocation, unfairly blaming China and continuing to promote the illegal and invalid South China Sea arbitration ruling, which China firmly opposes. Lin said the South China Sea is broadly stable due to China–ASEAN cooperation, and that deliberate Philippine infringements are the root cause of recent maritime tensions. China added that states not party to the dispute have no right to intervene and accused a small group of countries of routinely exploiting incidents to oppose China.