# East Asia Brief — Trade & Industrial Policy: South Korea

Subsidies, tariffs, export controls and economic-security measures, and how they land on companies.

- [Korea FTC Targets NXP and Analog Devices Over Chip Distribution Pricing Controls](https://eastasiabrief.com/trade-policy/korea-ftc-targets-nxp-analog-devices-chip-distribution-pricing-91) — Antitrust examiners initiate formal proceedings over Ship and Debit margin caps and client allocation in non-memory component supply channels. *(August 28, 2026; Trade & Policy · Korea · NXP Semiconductors, Analog Devices)*
- [Korea expands tax credits for artificial intelligence compute infrastructure](https://eastasiabrief.com/trade-policy/korea-expands-tax-credits-artificial-intelligence-compute-infrastructure-71) — Revisions to the Restriction of Special Taxation Act grant up to 25 percent facility credits for high-performance computing centers. *(August 28, 2026; Trade & Policy · Korea · SK Telecom, Naver)*
- [KFTC opens supply contract probe into tier-one robotics and battery parts](https://eastasiabrief.com/trade-policy/kftc-opens-supply-contract-probe-tier-one-robotics-battery-64) — South Korea's antitrust regulator targets unfair price cuts and compulsory technical data disclosures between manufacturing conglomerates and component… *(August 28, 2026; Trade & Policy · Korea · LG Energy Solution, Samsung SDI, SK On, Doosan Robotics, Rainbow Robotics)*

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