Tag: samsung
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Connected Vehicles
Korea-US-Global Briefing Saturday August 22, 2026 Cadence: Briefing Mon-Fri, Sunday Week in Review, plus special updates most Saturdays. In this week’s Saturday Update, I’d like to share a partial preview of my work in progress, “Connected.” Chapter 1 focuses on the connected vehicle architecture. Other chapters, so far, include semiconductors, AI, robotics, shipbuilding, steel, and…
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Aimtron Group Engages Don Southerton as Strategic Advisor, Korea Technology Partnerships, for AimSemi Semiconductor Initiative
The engagement supports Korean partnerships in fabless design and IP, and in OSAT/ATMP packaging and testing, under the Aimtron 2.0 global platform strategy. Aimtron Group is pleased to announce that it has engaged Don Southerton, Founder and CEO of Bridging Culture Worldwide LLC, as Strategic Advisor, Korea Technology Partnerships, for the company’s AimSemi semiconductor initiative.…
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Hanwha bids up to $1.2 billion for Austal USA.
Korea-US-Global Trade & Investment Intelligence Briefing Thursday, August 13, 2026 | Bridging Culture Worldwide HEADLINE Hanwha bids up to $1.2 billion for Austal USA. Hanwha Defense USA submitted a preliminary, non-binding offer of $1.05 billion to $1.2 billion for Austal USA’s Mobile, Alabama shipyard and its US support operations. Austal’s board granted a four-week due…
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AI Governance — Ander IPX is the front-runner
Listen to the audio version Friday, July 17, 2026 — Korea-US Briefing TOP STORY: AI Governance — Ander IPX is the front-runner Ander IPX is AI governance infrastructure for enterprise AI: the software that sits between a company’s knowledge and every AI tool that touches it. Think seatbelts, airbags, and flight recorder for enterprise AI.…
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Korea-US- Global Trade & Investment Briefing
July 16, 2026 Listen to the audio version Top Story Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick renewed pressure on Samsung and SK Hynix to build memory chip plants in the US, speaking at a concrete-pouring ceremony for Micron’s new fab in Clay, New York. He confirmed talks are already underway with both Korean chipmakers, and noted Micron’s…
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Korea-US-Global Briefing
Wednesday, July 15, 2026 Listen to the audio version TOP STORYUSTR’s proposed Section 301 forced-labor tariffs (10-12.5%) on 60 economies, including Korea, are testing the bilateral trade deal. Seoul is pressing Washington to keep any new action inside the existing framework that capped reciprocal tariffs at 15% in exchange for Korea’s $350B US investment pledge.…
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Korea-US-Global Briefing
Monday, July 13, 2026 Monday, July 13, 2026 Listen to the audio version Headline: A July 24 tariff still looms as the 10 percent global Section 122 tariffs expire and USTR races to replace them with new Section 301 measures. Korea sits among 16 economies in the parallel excess-capacity probe. Top Story The Section 122 tariffs…
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Coming Soon: US-Korea- Global
I curate and offer this Briefing daily, as well as a Sunday ‘Week in Review,’ plus special updates most Saturdays. I plan to expand my coverage to a more global US-Korea-Global perspective. Listen to the audio version HEADLINESection 301 tariff pressure define today’s Korea-US landscape. TOP STORYThe Korea International Trade Association (KITA) is asking the…
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Monday, July 6, 2026 — Korea-US Briefing
Listen to the audio version Top headline: Samsung and Hyundai Motor headline a combined 312 trillion won ($201.7B) domestic investment wave with Hanwha and SK. Top StorySouth Korea’s Finance Ministry announced July 3 that Hanwha, Hyundai Motor, Samsung, and SK Group will invest a combined 312 trillion won ($201.7B) in the southeastern Yeongnam region, targeting AI,…
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Korea-US Week in Review
Listen to the audio version Top story: Korea’s chaebol went all-in on domestic AI, mobility and defense, a 312 trillion won ($204B) wave of investment landed on top of a settled 15% tariff regime, while Hyundai posted its best-ever June in the US. The week’s throughline: Korean top groups are building at home and on American soil at…