Author: Gavin Bade

The likely absence of a Chinese corporate delegation highlights the low expectations for significant business results from the meeting.

The potential deals, which could include large investments in nuclear energy, are part of last year’s U.S.-South Korea trade deal.

The ban will affect a small subset of industries but could be ruinous for those companies if the trade prohibitions go into effect in three weeks.

The move, which would take effect in January, is the latest in the rapidly escalating trade war between the two neighbors.