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Crews installed cable nets and erosion-control devices and spent Saturday responding to emergencies, clearing debris with heavy equipment, draining flooded roads to reduce mudflows and removing any unstable rocks identified on steep slopes.

The rise in manufacturing sales was driven by sales of transportation equipment, which increased 9.2% to the highest level since February.

“They are going to send a lot of their manufacturing to the United States—pharmaceuticals, gold smelting, railway equipment.”

Translation: There’s no spare manufacturing capacity to build that equipment any faster.

As part of the deal, South Korea has pledged to buy $25 billion-worth of US military equipment and plans to "provide comprehensive support for US Forces Korea amounting to $33 billion".