Tech and Trade in Korea: AI Boom and Tariffs Return | The Capital Cable #139

July 30, 2026 • 9:45 – 10:30 am EDT

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On the Capital Cable #139, experts join Mark Lippert and Victor Cha to discuss the latest technology and trade issues in South Korea, including the 12.5% tariffs on South Korea over forced labor concerns, President Lee Jae Myung's visit to AI summit in San Francisco, and $950 billion in AI and infrastructure deals announced by Samsung and SK with U.S. companies. 

Evan Ramstad is a business columnist at the Minnesota Star Tribune. He previously worked for The Wall Street Journal in Seoul, Hong Kong and Dallas, and the Associated Press in New York, Washington and Dallas and briefly at the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

Philip A. Luck is director of the CSIS Economics Program and Scholl Chair in International Business. He served in the Biden-Harris administration as the deputy chief economist at the U.S. Department of State. 

This event is made possible by general support to CSIS.

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Evan Ramstad

Evan Ramstad

Business columnist, Minnesota Star Tribune
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Phil Luck
Director, Economics Program and Scholl Chair in International Business
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Victor Cha
President, Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department and Korea Chair