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President Lee to meet US-Korea Business Council chair to discuss cooperation

President Lee Jae Myung was set to meet Thursday with the chair of the U.S.-Korea Business Council (USKBC) to discuss economic cooperation between the two countries and trade relations, officials said. During the meeting with Evan G. Greenberg, chair of USKBC and CEO of Chubb Group, scheduled for Thursday afternoon, Lee plans to hear the outcome of a joint plenary meeting of the U.S.-Korea and…

President Lee to meet US-Korea Business Council chair to discuss cooperation

President Lee Jae Myung is scheduled to meet with Evan G. Greenberg, chair of the U.S.-Korea Business Council (USKBC) and CEO of Chubb Group, to discuss economic cooperation and trade relations between the two countries. The meeting, set to take place on Thursday afternoon, will also cover the outcomes of a joint plenary meeting of the U.S.-Korea and Korea-U.S.

Business Councils held in Seoul on the same day. The plenary meeting gathered representatives from both the USKBC and the Korean Federation of Korean Industries. During the meeting, Lee is expected to emphasize the need for the USKBC to play a more active role in expanding economic cooperation between Seoul and Washington.

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