최근 한·미 방위비분담특별협정(SMA) 체결을 위한 협상은 실무 차원에서 상당 부분 이견이 좁혀졌다가 미 고위급 의사결정 과정에서 사실상 백지화된 것으로 전해졌다.
It is heard that recent negotiations to sign a special agreement on defense cost sharing (SMA) between South Korea and the U.S. have been virtually scrapped during the high-level decision-making process in the U.S. after many differences were narrowed at the working level.