Analysis and publications on economic policy, trade relations, business, financial issues, and commercial developments affecting U.S.-Korea relations.
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North Korea’s won has lost roughly four-fifths of its value against the dollar in two years, and its trade deficit with China ran near USD...
Since the Donald Trump administration took office in 2025, the United States has imposed a broad range of tariffs to advance national security, strengthen supply-chain...
North Korea’s economy grew 3.5 percent in 2025, the third straight year above 3 percent, according to the Bank of Korea (Figure 1). Output has now passed its...
As the United States continues to tighten sanctions against Cuba, the country is looking externally for examples of state-driven economic development to apply back home....
The one-year mark of the U.S.-South Korean investment memorandum of understanding (MOU) is approaching this fall—without a single investment announcement. By contrast, Japan has announced...
KEI President and CEO Scott Snyder spoke with The Dispatch about Washington’s frustration with the pace of South Korea’s promised investments under last year’s trade...
America’s new tariff framework comes alongside significant South Korean investment into strategic sectors across the United States, and Q2 2026 showed this pattern taking hold...
The KOSPI, South Korea’s benchmark stock market index, nearly doubled during the first half of 2026, the largest increase in the world (Figure 1, Panel...
South Korea recorded a historic high in monthly exports in May 2025. According to recently released trade statistics, exports reached USD 87.8 billion, jumping 53.4...
War in the Middle East has cut the global growth outlook. However, despite South Korea’s heavy reliance on Middle Eastern energy, the OECD Economic Outlook in June...
South Korea and Japan rank among Asia’s most advanced digital economies. Their firms are deeply linked across semiconductor supply chains, online shopping, cloud services, and...
South Korea has become more dependent on China for imports and on the United States for exports. This concentration of trade with the two global...
On May 7, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) invalidated the Donald Trump administration’s 10 percent across-the-board tariffs imposed under Section 122 of the...
Iran’s failure to achieve nuclear latency has significant implications for South Korea and Japan’s thinking on their own nuclear strategy.
Iran’s failure to achieve nuclear latency has significant implications for South Korea and Japan’s thinking on their own nuclear strategy.