On July 26, ECCK President Christoph Heider met with Mr Inho Lee, Vice Minister of Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) at Korea Productivity Center. The meeting focused on the two parties discussing about EU-Korea cooperation as well as the Korean government’s industrial policies including those in the energy sector. Vice Minister Lee mentioned that acknowledging the significance …
*The following excerpt is from the interview with Erik Jonnaert, Secretary General of European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA), published in the special edition of Economy Chosun on July 23. The interview was conducted during his visit to Seoul on the occasion of the ‘Korea-EU Future Automotive Forum’ held last March, co-organized by the ECCK and …
On July 24, the ECCK Logistics & Transport Committee held a logistics industrial seminar at the Seoul Square building. Under the theme of ‘Enabling technologies for supply chain traceability and information sharing: IoT, Big Data and Blockchain’, the day’s seminar welcomed a guest speaker, Dr Taesu Cheong who is a professor of School of Industrial …
*The following is the article published on July 24 in The Korea Herald from the round table meeting held earlier this month co-organized by the ECCK and The Korea Herald & The Investor. Global pharma firm leaders laud Korea’s clinical trial development South Korea has high potential to become a major part of the global …
*The following is the official statement from the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Korea on behalf of the EU. EU and Japan sign Economic Partnership Agreement Yesterday the European Union and Japan signed a deep and comprehensive Free Trade Agreement, called the “Economic Partnership Agreement” (EPA). The trade agreement is the …
It is with great pleasure that ECCK hereby shares with you our second Quarterly Report. As true European advocacy organization, we have included information about EU and EFTA countries’ trade (Q1 2018) and investment (Q1 + Q2 2018). The purpose of the report is to provide a succinct overview of the most pertinent developments for …