Chung Chul
Chul Chung
Dr. Chul Chung is President of the Korea Economic Research Institute (KERI) and Chief Research Officer (CRO) of the Federation of Korean Industries (FKI). He also serves as CoChair of the Korea National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (KOPEC), and President of the Korean Association of Trade and Industry Studies.
Prior to his current roles, Dr. Chung was Senior Vice President at the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP). Before returning to Korea, he taught international economics at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in the United States. He has also served as an adjunct professor at the Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University, and at the KDI School of Public Policy and Management. He previously served as Editor-in-Chief of the East Asian Economic Review and Journal of International Trade and Industry Studies.
In government services, Dr. Chung was Senior Trade Advisor to the Minister of Trade, Industry, and Energy (MOTIE), and a member of several ministerial advisory committees. From 2009 to 2012, while on leave from KIEP, he worked in Washington, D.C. as Chief Economist at the Korea International Trade Association (KITA), where he contributed to the ratification of the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA).
Dr. Chung has written extensively on international trade, regional economic cooperation, and APEC-related issues. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
