저자(글) Chulsu Kim
인물 상세 정보Dr. Chulsu Kim has led a long and distinguished career in international
trade. Having started out in the Ministry of Trade, Industry and
Energy in 1973, he rose to become the Minister in 1993. He also
served as the Deputy Minister for Trade and in that capacity, was
Korea’'s chief trade negotiator for bilateral and multilateral issues.
In his personal capacity, he chaired the negotiating group on MTN
Agreements during the Uruguay Round from 1987 to 1990. After that,
he served as the Commissioner of Korea Intellectual Property Office,
President of KOTRA, a trade and investment promotion agency of the
Korean government, and Ambassador for International Trade.
After leaving the Korean government in 1995, he became the Deputy
Director-General of the WTO and served in Geneva for four years. He
returned to Korea in 1999 to teach trade policy at Sejong University
and to serve as the university’s President from 2002 to 2005. After
retiring from the university, he moved to Lee International, a law
firm based in Seoul, to become a senior advisor. He also helped found
the Institute for Trade and Investment, a trade policy research and
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consulting organization, as an affiliate of the law firm and serves as
its Chairman.
Dr. Kim is a graduate of Tufts University and University of
Massachusetts, where he received his Ph.D. in Political Science in
1973. He also received his honorary doctorate degrees in law from the
University of Massachusetts and Franklin Pierce Law Center in 1997
and 2006, respectively.
Dr. Kim received Order of Service Merit, Red Stripes (1981), Yellow
Stripes (1991) and Order of Diplomatic Service Merit Gwanghwa Medal
(1995) from the Korean Government. He also received the Benjamin
Rush Award for public service from Dickinson College in 1993 and
James Van Fleet Award from Korea Society in 1996 for his contribution
to Korean-American relations. He is also the recipient of the first
Korea Negotiation Award in 1996 and International Trade Person
Award in 2004.