Former Trade Negotiator Kim Hyun-jong Appointed Co-Chair of KADEX 2026

The organizing committee for the Korea Defense Industry Exhibition (KADEX 2026) announced on May 17 that it has appointed Kim Hyun-jong, who played a key role in the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement and the termination of the U.S.-Korea missile guidelines, as the co-chair of KADEX 2026.

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Kim, the new co-chair of KADEX, previously served as the head of the international trade advisory group during Lee Jae-myung's presidential campaign. During Roh Moo-hyun's presidency, he was the head of the Trade Negotiation Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, where he designed and concluded simultaneous FTA negotiations with 45 countries, including the U.S.-Korea FTA. Under the Moon Jae-in administration, he aggressively concluded the renegotiation of the U.S.-Korea FTA, securing exemptions from tariffs on Korean steel.

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(Source: aju press)

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