Tag: Bridging Culture Worldwide
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They Love the Deal. So Why Won’t They Sign?
Listen to the audio version They Love the Deal. So Why Won’t They Sign? The Signature Paradox: Why Korean Partners Hesitate, and What Korean Law Actually Says Bridging Culture Worldwide | Client Advisory Over more than twenty years of working with Korean companies, I keep running into the same paradox. A Korean partner is enthusiastic,…
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Korea-US Trade & Investment Intelligence Briefing
Wednesday, June 24, 2026 Listen to the audio version Headline: Korean won closes above 1,540 per dollar, even as the KOSPI surges 3.4 percent on AI chip strength. Top StoryThe won settled at 1,541.8 per dollar, its weakest close since March 2009, on a third straight session of dollar strength and Fed rate-hike expectations. The…
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Advisory Chat
Listen to the audio version Many have already arranged, but if interested…. I’d like to offer you a complimentary one-on-one advisory chat. No agenda, no sales pitch, no strings attached. Just a direct conversation about whatever is on your mind, whether that’s Korea-US business, market shifts, leadership, or any decision you’re weighing. As a member…
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Korea-US Trade & Investment Intelligence Briefing
Friday, June 19, 2026 Headline: Won slides back towards 1,540 per dollar Listen to the audio version TOP STORY A softer won helps Korean exporters on price but raises the bar for the large US capital commitments Korean firms have pledged. Expectations that the Bank of Korea stays tighter for longer are limiting the downside.…
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Korea-US Trade & Investment Briefing — Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Headline: Seoul pivots to record domestic investment. Top Story Under President Lee’s push to keep capital at home, the majors have unveiled large domestic programs: Samsung ~450 trillion won (5-yr), SK ~128 trillion won (through 2028), Hyundai 125 trillion won (2026–2030). The signal: protect Korean R&D and fabs even as the US deal calls for…
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Korea-US Briefing, Thursday, June 11, 2026
Headline: Won slides, even as record chip exports power Korea’s trade Top Story The won weakened, near its softest levels in over a decade, even as semiconductors continue to drive record export performance. June chip exports hit an all-time high of ~$14.97B (up 11.6% YoY), with memory exports topping $10B for the first time as…
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Korea-US Briefing — Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Headline: US reaffirms the 15 percent tariff ceiling for Korea Top Story Following Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo’s meeting with USTR Jamieson Greer in Paris, Washington confirmed no tariffs beyond the levels agreed in last year’s bilateral deal (15 percent, down from 25, in exchange for Korea’s $350 billion investment pledge). Trade & Tariff Effective June…
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Korea-US Trade & Investment Briefing
Tuesday, June 9, 2026 Headline Nvidia’s 260,000-chip Korea supply deal anchors the AI buildout. Top Story Korea’s Industry and Trade Minister Kim Jung-kwan said he received renewed US confirmation that tariffs on Korea will not exceed the agreed 15%, holding an emergency meeting to calm market jitters. The reassurance matters because semiconductors and pharma carry…
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Korea-US Week in Review, June 1-5, 2026
Korea spent the week cementing its place at the center of the global AI-hardware stack while locking down the most important number in the trade file: a 15% tariff ceiling. Not to mention, Nvidia's Jensen Huang touring Seoul to court the chaebol on AI chips and data centers. Top Stories 1. Huang's Seoul Tour Puts…
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The Signature Paradox: Why Korean Partners Hesitate, and What Korean Law Actually Says
Bridging Culture Worldwide | Client Advisory Over more than twenty years working with Korean companies, I have repeatedly run into what I call the paradox. Korean partners are enthusiastic about a collaboration, have invested months building the relationship, and clearly see the mutual benefit. Yet when it comes time to sign agreed-upon documents they hesitate,…