Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

Korea, the U.S., and Japan held a joint Disruptive Technology Protection Network Summit on April 25 (ET) in Washington D.C., U.S.

 

The Korean delegation, composed of representatives of the Office of the President, MOTIE, Ministry of Justice (MOJ), Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), and Korea Customs Service (KCS), was joined by the U.S.’ Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Commerce (DOC), and Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) and National Police Agency (NPA).

 

Part of a follow-up measure to the Spirit of Camp David adopted at the trilateral summit held August 2023, the Summit is anticipated to augment the three countries’ cooperation in technology protection, export control implementation and related information sharing, exchange of success cases, and disruptive technology protection.

 

The Summit was chaired by Assistant Attorney General Matt Olsen of the Justice Department’s National Security Division and Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Matt Axelrod of the Commerce Department, the co-leaders of the U.S.’ Disruptive Technology Strike Force.

 

During the trilateral talks, the three countries shared the view that violation of export controls undermines national security. Korea’s MOJ, U.S. DOC, and Japan’s NPA signed a letter of intent (LOI) on deepening information sharing for tech leak law enforcement, while MOTIE also signed a LOI with the U.S. DOC and Japan’s METI for cooperation on export control implementation.