Editor-in-Chief

Education

• Korea University, Seoul, Korea (August 2011)

  • Ph.D. in Law (majoring in International Trade Law)

• Columbia University, New York (May 2005)

  • M.A. in International Affairs from the School of International and Public Affairs

• Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (August 1998)

  • B.A. in International Affairs

Professional Experience

• Member of the Permanent Group of Experts at the WTO SCM Committee (2024- )

• Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (2013-2024)

  • Director for Trade Policy (2022-2023)

  • Director for Multilateral Trade (2020-2021)

  • Director for Trade Legal Affairs (2018-2019)

  • Director for Northeast Asia Trade (2016-2017)

  • Director for East Asia FTA Negotiations (2013-2014)

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (1999-2012)

  • Deputy Director for FTA Negotiations (2009-2011)

  • Deputy Director for Korea-US FTA Negotiations (2007-2008)

  • Deputy Director for WTO (1999-2003, 2005)

Publications

• "Artificial Intelligence and International Trade Law" (Korean Journal of International Economic Law, Vol.22, No.3, November 2024)

• “Korea’s Trade Policy Beyond Free Trade Agreements” (Journal of World Trade, Vol.58, Issue 2, April 2024)

• "US and EU trade instruments on China's electric vehicles" (Korean Journal of International Economic Law, Vol.22, No.1, March 2024)

• “Legal Analysis of U.S. Laws and Policies on Semiconductors” (Korean Journal of International Law, Vol.68, No.3, September 2023)

• “Analysis of the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act and its Guidance” (Korea Law Review, Vol. 110, September 2023)

• “Analysis of Korea’s GVC Trade Policy” (Journal of International Trade and Industry Studies, Vol.28, No.3, September 2023)

• “Analysis of the EU Steel Safeguard Measure in 2019” ( Korean Journal of International Economic Law, Vol.17, No.2, July 2019)

• “Legal Analysis of the EU’s Revised Anti-Dumping Regulations” (Journal of International Trade and Industry Studies, Vol. 24, No.2, June 2019)

• “Scope of Application of GATT Exception Clauses” (Seoul International Law Journal, Vol.23, No.1, June 2016)

• “Analysis of the GATS National Treatment Obligation” (Korean Journal of International Economic Law, Vol.13, No.2, July 2015)

• “Analysis of the Interpretative Issues on the Sectors in the GATS Schedules” (International Trade Law, Vol. 123, June 2015)