The First Korea-US-Japan Industry Ministers' Meeting "Cooperation on Advanced Technology Protection and Export Controls"

Follow-up Measures After Last Year's Camp David Trilateral Summit
Confirming Commitment to Supply Chain and Advanced Industry Cooperation

The industry ministers of Korea, the United States, and Japan confirmed their commitment to expanding cooperation on semiconductor and critical mineral supply chains, protecting advanced technologies, and coordinating export controls.

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced that Minister An Deok-geun held the 1st Korea-U.S.-Japan Industry Ministers' Meeting on the 26th (local time) in Washington D.C., together with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Saito Gen.

Anduk Geun, Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy (right), attended the "1st Korea-US-Japan Industry Ministers' Meeting" held on the 26th (local time) at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington D.C. Alongside Gina Raimondo, U.S. Secretary of Commerce (center), and Saito Gen, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, as well as government officials from the three countries, he delivered a greeting and discussed measures to promote the development of core and emerging technologies and strengthen the economic security of the three countries.

This meeting was a follow-up to the agreement among the Korea-U.S.-Japan leaders at Camp David last August. Through the first trilateral meeting, the three industry ministers discussed ways to promote the development of core and emerging technologies and strengthen the economic security of the three countries.

Specifically, they reached a consensus on expanding cooperation in semiconductor and critical mineral supply chains, coordinating advanced technology protection and export controls, enhancing joint research and standard cooperation related to advanced industrial technologies such as AI, strengthening cooperation in the clean energy sector, and trilateral cooperation within the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF). They adopted a joint declaration reflecting this cooperative commitment.

Minister An said, "Korea, the U.S., and Japan are optimal partners leading advanced technology and technological innovation, as well as partners to jointly overcome global supply chain crises. I expect that the Korea-U.S.-Japan Industry Ministers' Meeting will serve as an institutional foundation to deepen and develop industrial cooperation among the three countries and jointly respond to global risks."

Meanwhile, the three countries agreed to hold the Korea-U.S.-Japan Industry Ministers' Meeting annually and to continue working-level cooperation in the future to advance discussions among the ministers.