What to Expect: The Trump Administration's Economic Security Policy on Asia

What to Expect: The Trump Administration's Economic Security Policy on Asia

Author: The Korea Society January 24, 2025 Duration: 1:02:36

January 24, 2025 - Join us for a discussion on the Trump Administration's economic security policy towards Asia with Navin Girishankar, president of the Economic Security and Technology Department at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and former Counselor to the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce and Yeo Han-koo, former trade minister of the Republic of Korea and senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. The moderator for the program is Korea Society president and CEO Tom Byrne. The discussion will cover US-China economic competition and its impact on Northeast Asian countries like Korea and Japan, plus: tariffs, international trade, and the impact on critical next generation technologies including semiconductors, EVs, and batteries. 

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