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Trade minister discusses trade cooperation with visiting U.S. lawmakers

Published: 02 Apr. 2026, 12:54 Updated: 02 Apr. 2026, 14:16

Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo meets with a visiting delegation from the U.S. House of Representatives Korea Study Group at the Westin Josun Hotel in central Seoul on April 1. [MINISTRY OF TRADE, INDUSTRY AND RESOURCES]

Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo met with visiting U.S. lawmakers from the Congressional Study Group on Korea (CSGK) on Thursday to discuss cooperation in trade and investment, Yeo's office said.

Yeo met with six members of the CSGK in Seoul and exchanged views on pending trade issues between Korea and the United States, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources. The U.S. lawmakers are Ami Bera, Ryan Zinke, Mark Pocan, Mary Gay Scanlon, Jill Tokuda and Patrick Harrigan.

In the meeting, the two sides agreed that Seoul-Washington ties have moved beyond a simple security alliance into economic and technological areas, and discussed ways to further expand bilateral trade and investment cooperation.

Yeo highlighted Korea's efforts to expand strategic cooperation with the United States, including the country's recent passage of a special U.S. investment act to implement its tariff agreement finalized late last year, and called for CSGK's support, the ministry said.

Yonhap