Yoon delivers speech on ‘supply chain cooperation’ on final day of APEC…also holds talks with Japanese Prime Minister Kishida.

President Yoon Seok-yeol (second from the left) and U.S. President Joe Biden (first from the right) are attending the ‘Indo-Pacific Economic Framework’ (IPEF) summit event in San Francisco, California, where the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit is taking place on the 16th (local time). The IPEF, launched under U.S. leadership, includes 14 countries, including South Korea. San Francisco=Yonhap News

On the 17th (local time), the second and last day of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, President Yoon Seok-yeol is expected to emphasize the need for inter-state linkage to strengthen ‘supply chain cooperation.’

President Yoon will attend the second session of the APEC summit titled ‘Interlinkage, Creating an Inclusive and Resilient Economy,’ which is being held in San Francisco, USA, this morning. It’s a ‘retreat’ meeting, a session where leaders from each country freely exchange opinions on current issues without being bound by formalities.

President Yoon plans to explain the need for cooperation among APEC member countries to restore the multilateral trade system, strengthen intra-regional supply chain linkage, and establish digital ethics norms in the midst of a global complex crisis.

In the afternoon, President Yoon will visit Stanford University for a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. The meeting, which will focus on cooperation in advanced technology fields between Korea and Japan, is expected to address North Korea’s illegal cyber activities to secure funds for nuclear and missile development and the need for tripartite cooperation between South Korea, the United States, and Japan to strengthen the supply chain. President Yoon also held the seventh Korea-Japan summit this year, taking the opportunity of the APEC summit with Prime Minister Kishida the day before.

President Yoon Seok-yeol is attending the first session of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, which is being held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, USA, on the 16th (local time). San Francisco=Yonhap News

Afterward, President Yoon is scheduled to depart for Seoul after completing his two-night, four-day APEC schedule. He is expected to arrive at Seongnam Airport late at night on the 18th (Korean time).

On the 19th, President Yoon is scheduled to receive reports on domestic issues and economic schedules during the tour period from presidential aides and ministers.

From the next day, the 20th, he will be on his way to the UK for a state visit at the invitation of King Charles III. President Yoon will carry out his state schedule in the UK until the 23rd, then move to France and conduct the final campaign for the 2030 Busan World Expo (Expo) until the 24th.

The vote to decide the host city of the 2030 Expo by the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) will be held on the 28th.