South Korean Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo attended the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting in Paris, presenting the nation's industrial policies on AI transformation, clean energy, and regional growth. He also held bilateral talks with officials from the US, EU, France, Britain, Argentina, and Brazil on trade issues and cooperation.
South Korean Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo urged the U.S. to resolve trade issues, including a Section 301 probe on forced labor imports, within the existing bilateral tariff agreement. The U.S. proposed tariffs on goods from 60 economies over alleged failure to enforce import bans on forced labor products.
South Korean Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo urged the U.S. to address trade issues, including a Section 301 probe on forced labor imports, within the existing bilateral tariff agreement. The U.S. proposed tariffs on goods from 60 economies over alleged failure to enforce import bans on forced labor products.
South Korean Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo urged the EU to grant favorable treatment to Korean firms under its new, stricter steel safeguard measures set to be implemented next month. The EU's new system will halve tariff-free steel import quotas and double tariffs on excess imports, potentially impacting Korean steel, automotive, and home appliance sectors.
South Korea's Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo met with the EU Parliament's Korean Peninsula delegation to address concerns over EU's protectionist trade measures affecting steel, automotives, batteries, and more, seeking resolution and discussing expanded supply chain cooperation.
South Korean Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo met with ASEAN ambassadors on Monday to discuss deepening economic cooperation, including trade expansion, FTA upgrades by 2027, and supply chain collaboration amid global uncertainties.
South Korea's Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo expressed concerns to the EU over planned steel safeguard measures and to Mexico over recent tariff hikes, seeking mutually beneficial solutions and resumption of FTA negotiations.
SEOUL, May 8 (Yonhap) -- Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo said Friday he will visit Me...
South Korean Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo met with Mexico's ambassador Carlos Penafiel Soto to address concerns over the July USMCA review and Mexico's tariff hikes on Korean goods. Both sides agreed to resume FTA negotiations, stalled since 2022, to strengthen trade ties.
