Chul Chung is senior vice president of the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) and vice chair of the Korea National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (KOPEC). Dr. Chung served as trade advisor to the Minister of Trade, Industry, and Energy of the Korean government. He is a member of the Long-Term Strategy Committee, chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister, and a member of the Policy Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Dr. Chung is serving as the editor-in-chief of the East Asian Economic Review after having served as editor-in-chief of the Journal of International Trade and Industry Studies. He is the vice president of the Korean Association of Trade and Industry Studies. Before joining KIEP, he taught international economics as a professor in the School of Economics at the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States. He also held an adjunct professorship in the Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University.
While on leave from KIEP (2009−2012), Dr. Chung worked on the ratification of the Korea-US FTA as chief economist of the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) in Washington, D.C. He has published numerous academic articles and policy research papers on international trade, economic geography, and regional integration, including APEC. He received a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.