South Korea and the United States have wrapped up the first day of a second round of negotiations on revising their bilateral free trade agreement(FTA). 

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on Wednesday said the meeting between the two sides was held in a Seoul hotel from 9 a.m. to around 4:40 p.m. 

During discussions, representatives went over issues raised during the first round of talks in Washington on January fifth. 

Although details of the talks were not released to the public, the South Korean ministry said it took issue with Washington’s excessive protectionist trade measures, including recent safeguards imposed on South Korean washing machines and solar panels. 

South Korea's chief delegate Yoo Myung-hee, director general of the trade ministry's trade policy bureau, declined to comment on meeting details. Trade Minister Kim Hyun-chong also said it was too early to assess the result of the negotiations. 

The two sides are scheduled to resume the talks at the same venue at 9 a.m. on Thursday.