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Boettcher Law at the Asia-Pacific Conference of German Business
The 19th Asia-Pacific Conference of German Business, Seoul, 29 to 31 October 2026. Fabian Hoffmann travelled with the German-Australian Chamber’s delegation.
Seoul
29 to 31 October 2026
German-Australian Chamber delegation
Four themes
APK Seoul 2026
The conference
The Asia-Pacific Conference of German Business is where German industry meets its partners across the region. Its 19th edition, in Seoul, ran under the theme “Where Germany connects with Asia-Pacific”, and the questions throughout were how German companies hold their place in the region as trade blocs harden, supply chains are redrawn and industrial AI changes how things are made.
Fabian Hoffmann attended as a member of the German-Australian Chamber of Industry and Commerce’s delegation from Australia, alongside German companies operating in Australia and the Chamber’s leadership.
APK Seoul 2026
The keynotes
01
Friedrich Merz proposed a global alliance for rules-based trade. What it means for German business here.
02
Han Seongsook on batteries, chips and manufacturing AI, and why Korea and Germany must stay connected
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The Chancellor’s keynote at APK 2026
Opening APK 2026 in Seoul, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the Indo-Pacific is now the economic powerhouse of the century, but that supply chains, sea routes and raw materials can be turned into instruments of power. Germany’s answer is de-risking through diversification, not decoupling. He proposed a global political alliance of like-minded states for rules-based trade, with the EU taking the lead, called for concluded free trade agreements, including with Australia, to be implemented, and welcomed a high-tech agreement with Korea.
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02 / 02
Korea’s Prime Minister at APK 2026
Prime Minister Han Seongsook told APK 2026 that four decades of Korea-Germany cooperation have multiplied trade twelvefold and brought investment in both directions. Because the benefits of AI are concentrating in a few companies and countries, she argued, connection between partners matters more. She named three fields for deeper cooperation: batteries, semiconductors and AI in manufacturing, including linking Germany’s Manufacturing-X with Korea’s M.AX Alliance. She expected the new partnership framework to widen cooperation and governments to help business move faster.
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APK Seoul 2026
Three days
01
Thursday 29 October
Political briefing at the Australian Embassy with Ambassador Jeffrey Robinson. Briefing on Korean law and market entry at Kim & Chang. Political briefing with Beate Grzeski, German Ambassador to Australia. The conference’s welcome reception.
02
Friday 30 October
Opening keynotes and the opening talk on global power shifts and the Indo-Pacific. Trade scenarios for 2030. The Chamber network’s business lunch on Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. Industrial AI and manufacturing, and the second AI Startup Award.
03
Saturday 31 October
Breakfast session on raw materials and the circular economy. The business lunch for Japan, Australia and New Zealand: defence and security, mining, and the free trade agreements.
APK Seoul 2026
What was discussed
Critical minerals, trade agreements, defence and market entry. The conference in four themes.
01
What Australia and Germany need from each other in raw materials, and what the conference said about dependence on China.
02
Where the EU’s agreements with Australia, New Zealand and South-East Asia stand, and how businesses use them.
03
The security backdrop to Indo-Pacific trade, and the openings for German suppliers in Australia.
04
What the delegation heard about entering Korea, and about Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia as regional hubs.
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