South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Joe Biden held talks at the White House on the 21st and issued the “U.S.-ROK Leaders’ Joint Statement.” The two sides reached consensus on a number of issues including the supply of COVID-19 vaccines, the situation on the Korean Peninsula, and economic investment. The countries agreed to cooperate on increasing resiliency in “supply chains, including in priority sectors such as semiconductors, eco-friendly EV batteries, strategic and critical materials, and pharmaceuticals,” according to the joint statement. Biden and Moon agreed to strengthen their partnership on critical and emerging technologies and on “careful screening of foreign investments and cooperation on export controls” of those technologies. Hours before the summit, Four major South Korean companies, including Samsung Electronics, SK Group, LG Energy Solution, and Hyundai Motor Company, announced plans to invest $39.4 billion in the United States during a business roundtable. The investment plans involve semiconductors …