Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

Vice Minister Jeong meets with Japanese business leaders in Korea

Trade, Industry and Energy Vice Minister Jeong Marn-ki (center) attended the Seoul Japan Club Leaders’ Meeting in Seoul on December 23, 2016.  The vice minister outlined his ministry’s policies for ensuring a stable economy and called for more active participation to maintain the rising trend of foreign investment. He encouraged investors to have confidence in the fundamentals of the Korean economy, stressing that the country plans to implement sound economic policies on a cons date2016-12-26

Ministry hosts emergency meeting for export policy check-up after impeachment vote

Led by the Trade-Industry-Energy MinisterJoo Hyunghwan, the Ministry hosted an urgent meeting to inspect current export environment and to predict the outlook for exports next year on Dec 13 in Seoul with key exporters and export promotion-related organizations like KOTRA and Korea Trade Insurance Corp. in its efforts to minimize the impact from the parliament’s impeachment vote against the President last Friday.    In an opening remark, Minister Joo underscored growing unce date2016-12-13

Vice Minister Woo launches task force to cope with Korea-China trade issues

Trade, Industry and Energy Vice Minister Woo Taehee (second from right) launched a task force at a pan-government level to cope with China's growing non-tariff trade barriers against Korean companies or goods on Dec 2.The decision was announced during the Korea-China trade issue monitoring session with government officials from relevant ministries such as the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Ministry of Agriculture, Food date2016-12-02

Minister Joo stresses benefits of KOR-US FTA to U.S. biz community in Korea

Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Joo Hyunghwan (left) gave a speech at American Chamber of Commerce in Korea(AMCHAM) General Membership Meeting highlighting Korean government's constant effort towards bilateral economic and trade relation between Korea and the U.S. on Nov. 29. The meeting was attended also by the chairman of AMCHAM James Kim (right), as well as the president of AMCHAM John Schuldt and Ambassador Mark Lippert.   Minister Joo emphasized that Korea-US FTA has been date2016-12-01

Korean exports jump 2.7% in November

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced that exports rose 2.7 percent in November, posting USD 44.5 billion, and  imports also rose 10.1 percent compared to the same month last year, posting $37.5 billion. Trade balance in November came to a $8 billion surplus, and recorded the largest monthly volume in both exports and imports since July 2015. The driving force behind this export growth is the rise of major export goods including semiconductors, petrochemi date2016-12-01

Trade Minister launches consultation committee on Korea-U.S. trade issue

Trade, Industry and Energy Ministry launched the consultation committee on Korea-U.S. trade issue with the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) on Nov 23 in Seoul in its effort to prepare for the tightened trade conditions with the U.S. following the election victory of Donald Trump who has held anti-trade stance.In the first committee meeting, the Trade Minister Joo (left) discussed the impact of growing protectionism across the world and the appropriate measures to cope with date2016-11-24

Minister Joo proposes new approaches to bolster Korea-U.S. economic ties to both business communities

South Korean Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Joo Hyunghwan delivered a speech on the bilateral benefits of the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement and three new ways to bolster the economic ties of the two countries at the luncheon, which the Federation of Korea Industries and the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea co-hosted as a sideline event of the 28th annual plenary meeting of the Korea-U.S. Business Councils, in Yeouido, Seoul , on Nov 11.   About 70 business leaders, including Cho date2016-11-10

Ministry reviews Korea-U.S. trade issues in response to election results

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said in a press release on Wednesday that it hosted an emergency meeting with other trade policy-related ministries at 2 p.m. (local time) in Seoul in other to review trade issues with its second trade partner in preparation for the victory of U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump who is known for his anti-trade stance.     Led by the Ministry’s Deputy Minister of Trade, Lee Inho, the discussion of officials in the meeting extended to the date2016-11-09

Korean exports fall 3.2 percent in October

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said in its press release on Nov 1 that South Korean exports fell 3.2 percent to  USD 4.19 billion  compared to the same month previous year, while on-year inbound shipments posted $3.48 billion, a 5.4 percent drop. Accordingly, the country's trade balance last month stood at  $7.2 billion, remaining in the black for 57 months straight.  Main factors negatively affecting the exports performance included fewer working d date2016-11-01

Minister Joo talks with OECD secretary-general Jose Angel Gurria

   Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Joo Hyunghwan (left) met with OECD Secretary-General Jose Angel Gurria to discuss the measures against protectionism in trade on Oct 25 in Seoul. Both sides were concerned about growing uncertainties surrounding the global economy, affected by such factors such as the prolonged global economic downturn, protectionism barring trades, BREXIT and industries suffering from oversupply issue like steel .   Minister Joo suggested that OECD condu date2016-10-28