Politics · South Korea · 57 mins ago
South Korea’s president to discuss trade with US business council chief
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung is due to meet Evan Greenberg at the Blue House on October 15.
Greenberg is the chairman and CEO of insurance company Chubb and chairs the US-Korea Business Council, known as USKBC.
They are expected to discuss trade ties and ways to strengthen economic cooperation between South Korea and the United States.
USKBC and its South Korean counterpart are private channels for cooperation between businesses in the two countries.
They work to promote investment and cooperation between industries.
The talks could address how to build those economic links, but no specific agreements are stated.
The meeting is scheduled for the afternoon, and no further steps are given.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung was set to meet U.S.-Korea Business Council chair Evan G. Greenberg on Oct. 15.
They planned to discuss trade relations and economic cooperation between South Korea and the United States.
The meeting was scheduled for Thursday afternoon at the presidential office in Seoul.
Lee planned to hear the results of a joint meeting of the U.S. and South Korean business councils held the same day.
Lee also planned to call on the U.S.-Korea Business Council to help expand economic cooperation between the two countries.
- Who
- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Evan G. Greenberg, chair of the U.S.-Korea Business Council and CEO of Chubb Group.
- What
- They were set to discuss trade relations and economic cooperation between South Korea and the United States.
- When
- Oct. 15, 2026, in the afternoon.
- Where
- The presidential office in Seoul.
- Why
- To discuss bilateral trade and ways to strengthen economic cooperation.
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The U.S.-Korea and Korea-U.S. Business Councils held a joint plenary meeting in Seoul.
Lee was scheduled to meet Greenberg and hear the plenary meeting’s outcome.
- South Korean president
- Lee Jae Myung
- Business council chair
- Evan G. Greenberg
- Council
- U.S.-Korea Business Council (USKBC)
- Meeting date
- Oct. 15, 2026
- Meeting location
- Presidential office, Seoul
- Plenary meeting
- U.S.-Korea and Korea-U.S. Business Councils, Seoul, Oct. 15