South Korea, the United States and Japan plan to hold their first industry ministerial meeting in Washington this week to discuss ways of strengthening three-way cooperation on supply chains and economic security, Seoul’s industry ministry said Sunday.
South Korean Industry Minister Ahn Duk-geun, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Japanese Trade Minister Ken Saito are scheduled to hold the industry ministerial talks in Washington on Wednesday, the first of its kind, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.
The envisioned meeting comes after President Yoon Suk Yeol, U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida agreed to launch a new commerce and industry ministers’ meeting for annual consultations during a summit at Camp David in Maryland in August last year.
“The three sides plan to discuss ways of enhancing economic security in the region and industrial cooperation. They will also launch a trilateral business meeting platform to be led by economic organizations of the three nations that aims to enhance cooperation among private sectors,” the ministry said in a release.
During his planned visit to the U.S., Ahn will also hold one-on-one talks with Raimondo and other senior industry and energy-related officials there to discuss how to work more closely on supply chains of major industry materials and items, as well as on such advanced industries as semiconductor and bio sectors, it added.
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