·Seoul must recoup every invested dollar, plus interest, over an investment's lifetime for projects to qualify.
·The government on Tuesday finalized the rules that will determine which projects receive funding under its $200 billion strategic investment commitment to the United States, approving a decree giving shape to the Korea–U.S.
·Strategic Investment Special Act before the law goes into effect on June 18.
·Korea committed the funds under a deal struck with Washington last November to secure a 15 percent tariff rate.
·But the government is under pressure to ensure taxpayer money is not sunk into projects that will not pay off — and the decree, which fleshes out the operational details of the law passed by the National Assembly in March, sets the rules for striking that balance.
