Rebuilding and Expanding US-ROK-Japan Trilateral Economic Relations
The 2023 Wilson Center Trilateral Commission
In March 2023, the Wilson Center launched the senior-level Trilateral Commission for “Rebuilding and Expanding US-ROK-Japan Trilateral Economic Relations.” By bringing together 12 commission members in addition to the co-chairs, the commission seeks to explore ways to strengthen the US-ROK-Japan trilateral relationship amid the burgeoning détente between Seoul and Tokyo. The commission is honored to welcome Ambassador John Negroponte, Minister Sung-hwan Kim, and Ambassador Kenichiro Sasae to co-chair the Commission.
With the recent US-ROK-Japan Trilateral Summit at Camp David, the WWICS Trilateral Commission’s work is more salient than ever before. While security issues will be an important part of trilateral discussions, the commission focuses on economic policy. This initiative aims to provide stakeholders in Washington, Seoul, and Tokyo with actionable and practical policy recommendations to enhance economic security and achieve common goals, including supply chain resilience, secure access to critical technologies, decarbonization and energy security, outreach to the Global South, and enhanced trade opportunities.
In late 2023, the final commission report while be launched digitally and in-person at an international conference at the Wilson Center.
The Commission includes the follow distinguished experts:
Commission Co-Chairs
Ambassador John D. Negroponte
Former Deputy Secretary of State
Sung-Hwan Kim
President of Taejae Future Consensus Institute; Chairman of East Asia Foundation
Ambassador Kenichiro Sasae
President, the Japan Institute of International Affairs
Senior Advisor
Project Lead
Commission Members
Suh-Yong Chung
Professor of Division of International Studies, Korea University
Gerry Curtis
Burgess Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Columbia University
Wendy Cutler
Vice President, The Asia Society; Former Acting Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
Takako Hikotani
Adjunct Senior Research Scholar at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Chung Min Lee
Senior Fellow, Asia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Jaemin Lee
Professor of Law at School of Law, Seoul National University
Narushige Michishita
Global Fellow, Former Japan Scholar;
Executive Vice President, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
Executive Vice President, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
Junya Nishino
Former Japan Scholar;
Professor, Faculty of Law at Keio University; Director of the Center for Contemporary Korean Studies, Keio University; and Director, Institute of East Asian Studies, Keio University
Professor, Faculty of Law at Keio University; Director of the Center for Contemporary Korean Studies, Keio University; and Director, Institute of East Asian Studies, Keio University
Miyeon Oh
Director and Senior Faculty Lead of Korea Studies, SAIS Johns Hopkins; Adjunct International Defense Researcher, RAND Corporation
James L. Schoff
Senior Director, US-Japan NEXT Alliance Initiative, Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA
Ambassador Koji Tsuruoka
President, International Affairs Research Institute; Formerly Ambassador to the UK (2016-2019)
Minister Myung-hee Yoo
Visiting Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University; Former ROK Trade Minister (2019-2021)
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