Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

Trade Minister meets with Bulgaria's Economy and Industry Minister

Minister for Trade Dukgeun Ahn met with Bulgaria’s Economy and Industry Minister Bogdan Bogdanov on December 6 in Seoul and discussed measures for stronger economic, trade, investment and industrial cooperation between the two countries. date2023-12-07

Korea and Bulgaria discuss measures for stronger trade and industrial cooperation

Minister for Trade Dukgeun Ahn met with Bulgaria’s Economy and Industry Minister Bogdan Bogdanov on December 6 in Seoul and discussed measures for stronger economic, trade, investment and industrial cooperation between the two countries. Noting that the two countries' collaboration, which used to revolve around photovoltaic power generation, is recently diversifying and expanding to other areas like automotive parts, Trade Minister Ahn said that he looks forward to their future cooperatio date2023-12-06

Korea and EU hold 1st Industrial Supply Chain Policy Dialogue meeting

Trade, Industry and Energy Vice Minister Youngjin Jang and Kerstin Jorna, Director General of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW), held the first Korea-EU Industrial Supply Chain Policy Dialogue meeting on December 5 via videoconferencing and discussed major policies and measures for cooperation in supply chain emergency response, technological security and economic security. date2023-12-06

Minister chairs conference with CTOs on Comprehensive Strategy for Global Technology Cooperation

Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Bang Moon Kyu chaired the Chief Technology Officers’ Conference on December 5 at the Four Seasons Hotel Seoul with the chief technology officers (CTOs) of major companies and presented the Comprehensive Strategy for Global Technology Cooperation and led discussions on measures for improving related systems. The conference was attended by representatives of various companies in major industry sectors and related associations, including Korea Institute fo date2023-12-06

Korea holds roundtable for spreading CFE initiatives on sidelines of COP28

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) announced that it hosted a roundtable, organized by the Carbon Free (CF) Alliance, on December 5 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the sidelines of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP28) for promoting the global diffusion of the carbon-free energy initiatives led by the CF Alliance. The roundtable was held to promote Korea’s carbon-free energy (CFE) initiatives to the i date2023-12-06

Korea to launch global projects to secure 180 vital and proprietary technologies

Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Bang Moon Kyu chaired the Chief Technology Officers’ Conference on December 5 at the Four Seasons Hotel Seoul with the chief technology officers (CTOs) of major companies and presented the Comprehensive Strategy for Global Technology Cooperation. Beginning 2024, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) plans to swiftly secure 80 “super gap” technologies and 100 industrial proprietary technologies by launching joint R&D projects date2023-12-05

Korea and EU hold 1st Industrial Supply Chain Policy Dialogue meeting

Trade, Industry and Energy Vice Minister Youngjin Jang and Kerstin Jorna, Director General of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW), held the first Korea-EU Industrial Supply Chain Policy Dialogue meeting on December 5 via videoconferencing, as follow-up to the agreement made in May on the occasion of the Korea-EU summit to expand the Korea-EU Industrial Policy Dialogue, launched in 2013, to cover cooperation in the date2023-12-05

Korea and China hold 5th bilateral FTA Joint Committee Meeting

Minister for Trade Dukgeun Ahn led the Korean delegation in the fifth Korea-China Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Joint Committee meeting on December 4 in Beijing to discuss measures for expanding bilateral cooperation in economy, service industries and supply chain with International Trade Representative Wang Shouwen, who led the Chinese delegation. date2023-12-05

Minister holds luncheon conference with Japan's METI Minister

Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Bang Moon Kyu and Japan’s Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Nishimura Yasutoshi held a luncheon conference prior to attending the 17th MOTIE-METI soccer exchange game on December 2 in Osaka, Japan, and shared views on measures for the two countries’ industrial, trade and energy cooperation. date2023-12-05

Vice Minister attends NetZero Nuclear Initiative support declaration ceremony

Trade, Industry and Energy Vice Minister Kang Kyungsung attended the ceremony for declaring support for the NetZero Nuclear Initiative on December 2 in Dubai, UAE, along with other countries' representatives, including those from the U.S., France, the UK, UAE, Sweden, Poland, Czech Republic and Romania, and gave a message expressing support for the NetZero Nuclear Initiative. date2023-12-05