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South Korea is likely to press India for an upgrade of the bilateral free trade pact when finance ministers of the two countries meet on Wednesday, arguing that its rival Japan was offered a better deal. However, India is unlikely to immediately revise the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) signed in 2009, an official told ET.
The Office of the US Trade Representative is demanding that Seoul address four major trade issues before participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
On the 5th December 2013, Australia and Korea announced that they had finalised a new free trade agreement. Is it a fair trade fairytale? Or is it a dirty deal done dirt cheap?
A number of obstacles to a free trade agreement remain on both sides, but there is growing incentive to overcome them.
The Australian government has acknowledged that some sectors - including the automotive and steel industries, as well as textiles, clothing and footwear - will face increased competition from Korean imports.
South Korea has suddenly emerged as willing would-be partner in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement, as well as announcing today it was resuming negotiations with New Zealand on a free trade deal.
Free trade talks between China and South Korea are progressing ahead of talks between China and Japan, whose territorial dispute shows no signs of abating, reports the Guangzhou-based South Reviews.
South Korea plans to enter into preliminary negotiations on a Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact and will inform the main countries involved of its intention, Yonhap news agency quoted the finance minister as saying on Friday.
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced on November 24 that it held the fourth bilateral joint committee meeting with the Vietnamese government in Can Tho City. The conclusion of the free trade agreement between Korea and Vietnam is expected to speed up.
Japan, China and South Korea began their third round of free trade talks in Tokyo on Tuesday, with a wide range of areas such as intellectual property and goods and services on the agenda.
