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Israel has expressed keen interest in forming state-corporation bilateral investment pacts with Samsung and LG apart from the inter-state BIT between Seoul and Jerusalem.
After picking South Korea, India, Malaysia, New Zealand and Egypt as potential FTA partners, the National Association of Manufacturers of America (NAM) will soon recommend the Bush administration and US lawmakers to seek free trade accords with the countries.
In his first address as chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea, Wayne Chumley said yesterday that the United States and Korea needed to make progress on a free trade agreement this year.
South Korea and Israel are set to hold formal discussions on a Free Trade Agreement in a joint committee meeting next year, Israel's Vice Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said yesterday.
South Korean carmakers Hyundai and KIA are considering setting up a production base in Southeast Asia to take advantage of the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA).
Korea has expressed interest in investing in infrastructure development in India and the two countries might also sign a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement to boost bilateral trade.
Japan will start negotiations on free trade agreements (FTAs) at the governmental level with Malaysia, Thailand and the Republic of Korea this month.
Free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations between South Korea and the United States is expected to pick up speed in 2005 as the two countries have agreed to hold the first preliminary meeting to examine the feasibility of the Korea-US FTA early next year.
Agriculture issues are holding up progress in free trade agreement (FTA) talks between South Korea and Japan, a Korean government official said Monday.
South Korean government officials will meet with their Canadian counterparts next month to discuss the feasibility of a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said Sunday.
