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.
February 4, 2025
The recent war in Ukraine, Russia’s overtures towards North Korea, and North Korea’s emergence from the COVID-19 pandemic all signal a sea-change for the DPRK’s place in the international system.…
Region: Asia,North America,Europe
December 7, 2023
The United States and South Korea struck a trade deal on July 30, establishing a 15 percent baseline tariff rate two days before a 25 percent rate was scheduled to go into effect. The main aspects are likely to take full form over the next few weeks, pending statements and fact sheets from Washington and…
July 31, 2025
In the past few days, the United States inked trade deals with Japan and the European Union, supplementing those already cemented with the United Kingdom, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Vietnam. As major trading partners of the United States, the contours of the deals with Japan and the European Union shed some light on what a…
July 30, 2025
South Korea found itself the target of a “reciprocal” 25 percent tariff rate on April 2, part of the so-called “Liberation Day” tariff announcements in which Donald Trump slapped double-digit tariffs on nearly all U.S. trade partners. Washington and Seoul have subsequently made a deal on July 30, indicated by President Trump's announcement on Truth…
July 25, 2025
With capitals in both the United States and South Korea implementing policy changes and personnel choices that accompany new administrations, both countries continued down the path of engagement and shared attention to economic security, alliance cooperation, and bilateral cooperation in Q2 2025. The following is a timeline of high-level meetings and selected policy developments in…