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Korea
The deal is the third part of a four-step process to reach a "full" Korea-ASEAN FTA by next year.
Free trade negotiations between South Korea and the European Union have hit a snag as both sides failed to make headway over auto-related technical standards, one of the stickiest issues in their trade talks.
Korea-GCC FTA preliminary talks will be held on November 21 at Riyadh with a view to initiating FTA negotiations in 2008.
Korea and Kyrgyzstan signed a bilateral investment treaty and economic cooperation pact
South Korea's chief negotiator in free trade talks with the European Union (EU) said on Monday that Seoul will redouble its efforts to make a breakthrough on some sticky issues, including a dispute over auto trade, and called for an "equal" effort from Brussels.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry said that rice will be exempted from free trade agreement talks altogether, while Seoul will stress the need to hold onto some protection for grain, vegetables and fruits.
South Korean and Japanese business lobby groups agreed to forge close cooperation to persuade the governments of their countries to resume free trade talks that are suspended over agriculture issues, the Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) said Tuesday.
Korea plans to accept a number of the European Union's demands for lifting tariffs on EU goods in the fifth round of the Korea-EU free trade agreement talks slated for Nov. 19 in Brussels
Korea's top negotiator to trade talks with the EU wants a deal to be concluded by year's end.
Korea's prime minister is concerned that the presidential election slated for Dec. 19 may divert parliamentary attention away from the FTA deal and other pending bills.
