U.S. President Donald Trump and ROK President Lee Jae Myung welcomed “significant progress” on South Korea’s U.S. investment package during a 30-minute meeting in New York on Tuesday, even as Seoul’s own project reviews showed that the hardest part of the bargain — deciding which risks Korean taxpayers should actually assume — has only begun.

National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac said the two leaders met for about 30 minutes and agreed to continue follow-up consultations on nuclear-powered submarines, uranium enrichment and reprocessing, shipbuilding and the transfer of wartime operational control (OPCON).

Their meeting came less than a day