KEI’s Economic Policy Analyst Tom Ramage participated in an event organized by the George Washington University. The event was titled “Korea Week 2024: Conference on U.S.-ROK Relations” and held from…
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Tom Ramage is an Economic Policy Analyst at the Korea Economic Institute of America where he provides research and analysis relating to U.S.-Korea trade issues. As part of his responsibilities, he writes KEI’s quarterly economic policy newsletter and assists in managing KEI’s conferences and events. He concurrently serves as a Nonresident James A. Kelly Korean Studies Fellow with the Pacific Forum in Honolulu.
Prior to joining KEI, Tom was employed as an Analyst at Thomson Reuters Special Services and as a Policy Research Fellow at the Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies at Johns Hopkins University. Tom earned an MA degree focusing on International Economics and China Studies from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He also received a BA from Hobart College where he spent his junior year at Yonsei University in Seoul. From 2016 to 2018, Tom was a Peace Corps Volunteer in China based in Sichuan province.
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December 7, 2023
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July 8, 2025
U.S. and South Korean companies continued to plow ahead and forge partnerships across several domains in Q2 despite uncertainty surrounding bilateral trade relations and policy. Bolstered by partnerships in technology, shipbuilding, clean energy, and artificial intelligence, new projects include Korean firms constructing U.S. containerships as well as unmanned surface vehicle (USV) development, providing greater support…
July 3, 2025
According to the World Bank, certain minerals associated with battery technology are expected to see relative increases in demand of up to 500 percent by 2050 as part of the global transition to clean energy. Thus, sourcing critical minerals for the clean energy transition will be paramount to its success, particularly in the context of…
June 24, 2025
South Korea’s Nextrade exchange—the country’s first alternative trading system to the long-dominant Korea Exchange (KRX)—debuted in March 2025. Nextrade extends trading hours, introduces lower transaction fees and increases product variation within capital markets. The persistent undervaluation of South Korean stocks compared to their Asia-Pacific counterparts is a phenomenon known as the ‘Korea discount’. By increasing…