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DPM Koo Shares Korea’s Economic Vision
and Discusses Ways to Strengthen Cooperation
with AMCHAM Korea
Ministry of Finance and Economy
“AMCHAM member companies are
not ‘foreign companies’
but members of the Korean economy”
- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economy Koo Yun Cheol
AMCHAM Meeting, August 19, 2026
KEY TAKEAWAYS
1. Korea’s Growth Strategy for the “3·4·5 Vision”
• 3% Potential Growth, World’s Top-4 Exporter, $50K Per Capita Income
2. Greater Access to Korea’s Capital & FX Markets
• WGBI inclusion (Apr. 2026), 24-hour FX market operations (Jul. 2026), and offshore KRW settlement system (Jan. 2027)
3. Korea-U.S. Cooperation in Physical AI
• USD 950B in corporate cooperation agreements
4. Korea-U.S. Strategic Investment Cooperation
• USD 350B investment initiative & joint development of mutually beneficial projects
Ministry of Finance and Economy