Overcoming US-ROK Alliance Challenges: Trade, Technology, and China

The United States–Republic of Korea alliance is essential for confronting threats from North Korea, China, and Russia and sustaining security in the Indo-Pacific. American and South Korean companies play indispensable roles in the semiconductor supply chains that underpin artificial intelligence, economic competitiveness, and national power.

Yet South Korean policies on trade, technology, market regulation, and relations with China are raising questions about the alliance’s direction. How could these policies affect trust and cooperation between Washington and Seoul? What would fair treatment of American businesses, stronger technology partnerships, and closer strategic alignment require?

Join Hudson Institute for a conversation with David Feith, Patrick M. Cronin, Ely Ratner, Trevor Wagener, and Matt Mowers on these challenges. The discussion will consider Wagener’s recent Computer and Communications Industry Association report, The KFTC’s Uneven Hand, which examines disparities in South Korea’s competition enforcement against American, Korean, and Chinese companies.