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South Korea and New Zealand have agreed to make more efforts on the ongoing bilateral free trade negotiations to produce tangible results, Seoul's foreign ministry said Saturday.
South Korea and New Zealand will hold the second round of bilateral free trade talks next week, South Korean trade ministry said Thursday.
Another 12,500 products falling under free-trade agreements with five trading partners will be subject to zero tariff rates come January in the second phase of import-duty reduction.
Recent talks made progress toward a free trade agreement with Asian countries, Trade Minister Tim Groser told Parliament on Tuesday.
Plans to further relations between New Zealand and the Middle East are on track and a trade agreement looks close to being finalised next year, one business expert says.
The bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) between Malaysia and New Zealand, which is expected to be inked by year-end, seeks to improve the time frames agreed on earlier under the Asean-Australia and New Zealand FTA.
Asean and its six major trading partners yesterday reaffirmed their resolve to create the world's largest economic bloc through the "East Asia Free Trade Agreement" and "Comprehen-sive Economic Partnership in East Asia" within 15 years.
The free trade agreement between New Zealand, Australia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations may lead to new layers of complexity in future negotiations.
The start of free trade talks between New Zealand and India has been delayed following a change in India's commerce minister since elections in May.
Out of the nine resolutions made by trade ministers in the Pacific at their meeting in Samoa last month, seven were said to be concessions to their bigger neighbours of Australia and New Zealand.
