High level officials of China and South Korea met this week and discussed ways to strengthen trade ties, including trade negotiations. This meeting came after South Korea expressed interest in the U.S.-led alliance Chip 4, which is designed to counter China's role in the semiconductor supply

The United States and a dozen countries in the Indo-Pacific region officially launched "the process to establish the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity" (IPEF) today. Among other things, the framework covers digital rules, labor and environmental standards, and supply chain efforts. At this point in time, the prospects

This is a guest post by Kyounghwa Kim of the Korea International Trade Association (KITA). It summarizes a longer KITA report by Bo-Hee Jun and Ui-Yoon Jo. The Korea International Trade Association (KITA) published a paper entitled “30 years of Diplomatic Relations between Korea and China: Changes in Trade Structure

In mid-September, we wrote about [https://www.chinatrademonitor.com/cfius-and-korean-government-finishing-up-security-review-of-chinese-purchase-of-korean-semiconductor-company/] a CFIUS review of a proposed purchase of a South Korean semiconductor company by a Chinese equity fund. The purchase has now been cancelled, as it could not obtain approval from CFIUS. In March of this year, the South Korean

Based on a review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), President Biden may soon issue a decision to block the purchase of a South Korean semiconductor company by a Chinese equity fund due to national security concerns, although the outcome is still uncertain at this