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December 2020

EAI-Brookings Working Papers

Prospects for U.S.-South Korea Cooperation in an Era of
U.S.-China Strategic Competition

II. Economic Interdependence and National Security

"ROK-U.S. Bilateral Cooperation Strategy for Dealing with Rising China amid U.S.-China Competition"

On November 13, 2020, the East Asia Institute and Brookings Institution jointly held the online seminar titled “Prospects for U.S.-South Korea Cooperation in an Era of U.S.-China Strategic Competition.” The panelists discussed South Korea-U.S. bilateral cooperation on various issues amid intensifying U.S.-China strategic competition including politics, security, trade, technology, energy, and environment. Statements from the second session (economy, energy, and environment) have been published as working papers as provided below:

Between Economic Interdependence and National Security: New Frontiers for ROK-US Trade Cooperation [Read]
(Yul Sohn, EAI President; Yonsei University Professor)

U.S.-South Korea Cooperation in Confronting the China Challenge [Read]
(David Dollar, Brookings Senior Fellow)

US-China Technology Rivalry and Implication for US-Korean Technology Cooperation [Read]
(YoungJa Bae, Konkuk University Professor)

Great Power Competition and Asia’s Economic Architecture: An Agenda for US-ROK Cooperation [Read]
(Mireya Solis, Brookings Director & Senior Fellow)

Liquified Natural Gas Links the Energy Systems of China, South Korea, and the United States [Read]
(Samatha Gross, Brookings Director & Fellow)

Prospects for Korea-US Cooperation on Energy and Environment: From an Oil-Natural Gas Alliance to Global Green New Deal [Read]
(Wang Hwi Lee, Ajou University Professor)

Retreat from the Rock: How a Pullback in Coal Lending by China, Korea, and the United States Could Change Geopolitics and the Climate [Read]
(Jeffrey Ball, Brookings Nonresident Senior Fellow)