Exploring Comprehensive Cooperation Measures from Supply Chain to Economic Response

Senior officials from South Korea, the United States, and Japan held the 2nd South Korea-U.S.-Japan Economic Security Dialogue on the morning of the 18th (local time) in Washington D.C., seeking cooperation on economic security and advanced technologies, the Presidential Office announced.


South Korea was represented by Wang Yoon-jong, Economic Security Secretary of the National Security Office; the United States by Tarun Chhabra and Mira Rapp-Hooper, Senior Advisors to the U.S. National Security Council (NSC); and Japan by Yasuo Takamura, Cabinet Councillor of the National Security Secretariat, each attending as the chief representative.


During the meeting, the three countries exchanged views and enhanced mutual understanding on various topics including ▲cooperation on economic, technological, and energy security ▲collaboration on core and emerging technologies such as quantum and space technologies ▲cooperation related to digital infrastructure and standards.


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They also discussed specific cooperation measures while addressing ▲strengthening supply chain resilience for semiconductors, batteries, and critical minerals ▲protection measures for sensitive technologies ▲operational methods for the free flow of data based on trust ▲responses to economic coercion.



This meeting was a follow-up discussion on economic security issues previously addressed at the South Korea-U.S.-Japan summit in Phnom Penh last November and the trilateral security chiefs meeting held in June this year attended by Cho Tae-yong, Director of the National Security Office of South Korea; Jake Sullivan, U.S. National Security Advisor; and Takeo Akiba, Director of Japan’s National Security Secretariat. The 1st meeting was held in February in Honolulu, United States.


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