This is the Korea Times op-ed article written by the ECCK President Christoph Heider. Trade balance – not best way to evaluate FTAs The U.S. administration has announced it wants to renegotiate the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement (KORUS FTA) as the trade deficit with Korea is at an unacceptable level. This somehow comes as déjà vu …
As Korea has joined other countries to voluntarily submit its goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions up to 37% of BAU til 2030, it became more important that public and private sectors in Korea should make a joint effort in designing a grand strategy for low carbon-based national energy supply system. On September 28, Mr Dimitris Psillakis, …
Please note that the ECCK office will be closed for Chuseok holidays, from September 30 to October 9. We will resume normal hours on Tuesday, October 10. We would like to wish our members and friends the warmest holiday wishes and a joyful Chuseok!
The ECCK will organize the 5th Korea – EU Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Conference on October 31, 2017 at Conrad Seoul. The Conference is co-hosted by the ECCK, the European Patent Office (EPO) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), in cooperation with the Korean Patent Court and the French Patent & Trademark Office (INPI), and is supported …
On September 27, the ECCK and officials from European embassies participated in a luncheon organized by the FTA Implementation Division of the Korea Customs Service (KCS). The luncheon revolved around exchanging information as to the utilization of the EU-Korea FTA and Korea’s FTA Pass Program, along with addressing inquiries amongst the European industries. The ECCK would …
ECCK M&S Committee held an ‘ECCK M&S Committee Seminar’ on September 27. The seminar was led by Ms. Hwonnarae Ha, Head of M&S Committee, and Dr. Jeomkee Paik, Professor at Pusan National University & University College London, delivered a lecture on the topic of ‘Contributions to the Grand Challenges’ which was followed by a Q&A …