President Yoon presided over the economic and security inspection meeting at 2 p.m.
President's Office "Watching the Trump administration to launch and preparing a response"
Presidential Office Chief, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Foreign Affairs and Security Minister Attended
[Anchor]
President Yoon Suk Yeol held a meeting to check economic security in response to changes in external conditions, including the election of President Trump.
We have checked in advance how the Trump administration will affect our economy and security policies, and we will connect with reporters and listen to them in detail.
Reporter Cho Yong-sung, what topics will today's meeting be covered?
[Reporter]
President Yoon Suk Yeol held an economic security inspection meeting at the presidential office in Yongsan at 2 p.m. just a while ago.
The president's office explained that the meeting was held to closely watch the new Trump administration's policy changes and to come up with proactive and preemptive countermeasures.All three chiefs, including President
Yoon and Chief of Staff Chung Jin-suk, attended the meeting, while a total of 23 people from the government, including Deputy Prime Minister for Economy Choi Sang-mok and Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Unification, Defense, and Trade, Industry and Energy, attended the meeting.
President Yoon is taking care of the policy himself, paying attention to the upcoming changes in external conditions to mark the half-point of his term in office,
It is said that one by one of Trump's pledges will be checked for the impact on our country.
In addition to the North Korean nuclear issue, it is observed that IRA laws related to semiconductor supply chains and electric vehicles have been on the table.
The presidential office also plans to check all external conditions based on the Korea-U.S. alliance, as the new Trump administration's policy is linked to the war in Ukraine and Russia-North Korea relations.
A senior presidential official explained, "There are crisis and opportunity factors due to the changing international economic and security situation, which means looking at the overall situation."
Prior to the press conference on the 7th, President Yoon talked with President-elect Trump on the phone and discussed economic and security issues.President Yun
talked for 12 minutes and agreed to form strong solidarity and partnerships based on the Korea-U.S. alliance in the global region, and agreed to meet soon.
As a result, it is possible that today's meeting also discussed preparations necessary for a meeting with Trump.
So far, I'm YTN Cho Yong-sung in the presidential office in Yongsan.
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