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[Alpha Biz= Paul Lee] A U.S. think tank expert who has argued that South Korea’s competition authorities discriminate against American companies is scheduled to testify at a U.S. House of Representatives hearing on February 13 (local time).
The House Ways and Means Committee’s Subcommittee on Trade will hold the hearing at 2:00 p.m., focusing on maintaining U.S. innovation and technological leadership.
Although the subcommittee did not explicitly name South Korea, discussions are expected to touch on South Korea’s online platform regulations, the recently amended Information and Communications Network Act aimed at curbing false information, and investigations involving U.S. companies such as Coupang.
The subcommittee chairman, Rep. Adrian Smith (R-Nebraska), previously led a letter in July 2025 signed by 42 Republican lawmakers urging U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Ambassador Jamison Greer, Treasury Secretary Scott Vestant, and Commerce Secretary Howard Rutnik to address legislative concerns regarding South Korea’s online platform law.
Rep. Carol Miller (R-West Virginia), also a member of the subcommittee, has consistently criticized South Korea’s platform legislation.
Among the witnesses scheduled to appear is Nigel Cory, a non-resident fellow at the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR), who has previously criticized the South Korean Fair Trade Commission’s policies toward U.S. companies.
알파경제 Paul Lee 특파원(hoondork1977@alphabiz.co.kr)
