Industry advisers: Address cyber issues in revised Korea trade deal

An industry-based advisory panel is urging U.S. trade officials to include cybersecurity issues in their objectives for an updated U.S.-South Korea free trade agreement, while calling on the Trump administration to avoid a contentious renegotiation with Seoul amid ongoing tensions with North Korea.

The Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations -- a group of senior industry executives chartered to provide high-level advice to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative -- urged the administration to “not allow bilateral trade...