Lee Jae-yong, Choi Tae-won, Chung Euisun, and Koo Kwang-mo Engage in 7-Hour Golf Diplomacy with Trump… Anticipating Positive Effects on 'Big Deals and Tariff Negotiations'

➀ South Korean business leaders, including Samsung's Lee Jae-yong, SK's Choi Tae-won, Hyundai's Chung Euisun, and LG's Koo Kwang-mo, held a 7-hour golf diplomacy session with U.S. President Trump to discuss investments and cooperation in semiconductors, automotive, batteries, and shipbuilding;➁ The meeting, hosted by SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son, addressed SoftBank’s $500 billion (approx. 718 trillion KRW) AI infrastructure project (StarGate) with OpenAI and Oracle, potentially involving Korean companies;➂ The gathering is expected to positively impact ongoing U.S.-Korea tariff negotiations, with a potential resolution ahead of the APEC summit.