Korea-US-Japan Hold Economic Security Dialogue in Busan... Strengthening Cooperation on Supply Chain Early Warning

Discussion on Cooperation in Supply Chain, Core Emerging Technologies, and Digital Fields

The governments of South Korea, the United States, and Japan agreed on the 13th to earnestly promote measures to strengthen the linkage of the Korea-US-Japan Early Warning System (EWS) for supply chain stabilization.

Senior officials at the deputy director level from the security offices of Korea, the US, and Japan held the "3rd Korea-US-Japan Economic Security Dialogue" on the morning of the same day in Busan, where they discussed concrete measures to realize the achievements of economic security cooperation addressed at the Korea-US-Japan summit in August last year, the Presidential Office reported.

South Korea was represented by Wang Yoon-jong, 3rd Deputy Director of the National Security Office; the US by Tarun Chhabra, Senior Director for Technology and National Security at the National Security Council (NSC); and Japan by Yasuo Takamura, Cabinet Councillor of the National Security Secretariat, each attending as chief representatives.

Wang Yunjong, 3rd Deputy Director of the National Security Office Photo by Yonhap News

At the meeting, the three countries discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in the areas of ▲ supply chains ▲ core emerging technologies ▲ and digital sectors. First, in the supply chain sector, Korea, the US, and Japan discussed ways to enhance future cooperation within multilateral frameworks on critical minerals and supply chains, such as the Critical Minerals Security Partnership (MSP) and the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF).

Next, in the core and emerging technology fields, the three countries agreed to promptly proceed with the signing of a government agreement to concretize joint research cooperation among national research institutions, and in the quantum sector, they decided to seek cooperation not only between academia but also among industry organizations.

Additionally, taking advantage of South Korea’s establishment of the Space and Aeronautics Agency, the three countries will strengthen cooperation in the space sector, including satellite navigation, while also cooperating to ensure the swift launch of the Technology Protection Network, a cooperative system among law enforcement authorities of Korea, the US, and Japan.

In the digital sector, South Korea requested the participation and support of the US and Japan for an AI-related summit to be hosted by Korea. At the "AI Safety Summit" held by the UK in November last year, it was agreed that Korea and the UK would jointly hold the next meeting via video conference six months later.

Accordingly, the three countries agreed to strengthen cooperation in future global AI governance discussions. They also shared the intention to closely cooperate on recently emerging cyber security threats and data security.

This meeting was the third, following the first meeting held in January last year in Honolulu, USA, and the second meeting held in July of the same year in Washington D.C. The three countries agreed to hold the next meeting at an appropriate time by the end of this year.

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