Government Appoints Lee Jae-hyung, Korea University Professor, as New Trade Commissioner

Lee Jae-hyung, the newly appointed Chairman of the Trade Commission.

The government appointed Professor Lee Jae-hyung of Korea University Law School, an authority in the field of international trade, as the chairman of the Trade Commission on the 19th.

The newly appointed chairman graduated from Korea University with a bachelor's and master's degree in law, then earned a master's degree in international law and a doctorate in international trade law from the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. He has served as a professor at Sookmyung Women's University College of Law and Korea University Law School, and is recognized as an authority in international trade who has long advised the government on trade policy, including policy consultation for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, trade negotiation advisory for the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, and climate change negotiation delegation and advisory for the Ministry of Environment.

Chairman Lee will serve as the 16th chairman of the Trade Commission for a three-year term until August 2027. The chairman represents the Trade Commission and is responsible for convening and presiding over Trade Commission meetings.

Meanwhile, the Trade Commission is a collegiate administrative body that determines the existence of unfair trade practices such as dumping and intellectual property infringement, and whether domestic industries have been harmed, in order to protect domestic industries from unfair trade practices and establish a fair trade order. The Trade Commission has a Trade Investigation Office as its secretariat.

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