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S. Korea, Mercosur bloc hold 5th round of FTA talks
10-Feb-2020 Yonhap News Agency
South Korea held the fifth round of free trade talks with a group of South American countries, including Brazil, with a goal of striking the deal this year.
India keen to keep future FTAs with RCEP nations less ambitious
5-Feb-2020 BusinessLine
Countries such as Australia, New Zealand, South Korea and Japan are among the first ones with which India is ready to consider individual agreements to begin with.
Cambodia and EBA deal: Challenges and responses
30-Jan-2020 Khmer Times
Cambodia has been actively looking for alternative markets in China, South Korea and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) in recent months.
Seoul, Manila to hold 5th round of FTA talks
28-Jan-2020 The Korea Herald
South Korea plans to hold the fifth round of talks with the Philippines on a bilateral free trade agreement this week, with a goal of concluding the deal this year.
Farm goods trade deficit likely to widen on FTAs: report
27-Jan-2020 Yonhap News Agency
South Korea’s trade deficit in the agricultural segment is expected to widen this year as imports of farm goods are set to expand at a faster pace than exports on the back of the country’s free trade agreement (FTA) networks.
The EU’s toothless trade policy
27-Jan-2020 IPS
The EU Commission fails to enforce trade agreements’ social and environmental norms. Just look at the case of South Korea.
S. Korea, Panama hold policy consultations on bilateral ties, trade
23-Jan-2020 Yonhap
South Korea signed the FTA with Panama and the four Central American countries — Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and El Salvador — which have already finished the domestic procedures for the agreement.
S. Korea vows to bolster economic cooperation with Russia, Mongolia
20-Jan-2020 Korea Herald
South Korea plans to bolster economic ties with Russia, Mongolia and other Central Asian nations and use the momentum to buttress recovery of the export-driven economy.
S. Korea, China, Japan divided over open data in trilateral FTA talks
20-Jan-2020 Business Korea
South Korea, China and Japan have made some progress in negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) following the trilateral summit held late last year.
S. Korean firm to request arbitration in investor-state dispute with US government
15-Jan-2020 Hankyoreh
KTurbo claims US government violated terms of KORUS FTA, after US court judged that the company violated place of origin rules.
S. Korean investment agreements allow paper companies to request international arbitration
14-Jan-2020 Hankyoreh
South Korea has concluded no fewer than 99 investment agreements that allows paper companies to take advantage of investor-state dispute system.
RoK seeks stronger ties with ASEAN to accelerate RCEP
7-Jan-2020 Vietnam Plus
The Republic of Korea (RoK) will spare no efforts to help conclude the RCEP by the end of this year by forging deeper ties with the ASEAN, as the country strives to revitalise its ailing exports
Protectionism, after all: China, Korea, Japan use non-tariff barriers to impede imports
7-Jan-2020 Financial Express
Countries like China, South Korea and Japan may boast of low tariffs but they have erected huge non-tariff barriers (NTBs), most of which are tailored to mask the ferocity of trade protectionism, in a bid to control the imports they deem undesirable.
Korea in FTA talks with Asian, South American powerhouses
6-Jan-2020 Korea Herald
South Korea has secured 16 free trade partners — 12 countries and four trade blocs — around the globe since it started pursuing bilateral free trade agreements two decades ago.
Moon, Li agree to facilitate follow-up FTA talks on service, investment sectors
6-Jan-2020 Korea Herald
The leaders of South Korea and China to expedite talks on supplementing a bilateral free trade agreement, Cheong Wa Dae said.
Seoul, Beijing, Tokyo agree to accelerate trilateral FTA talks
22-Dec-2019 Korea Herald
Top trade officials from South Korea, China and Japan agreed to accelerate their trilateral free trade talks and ramp up efforts to conclude a mega Asia-Pacific trade deal.
S. Korea eyes more FTAs with emerging countries in 2020
19-Dec-2019 Korea Herald
South Korea said it plans to expand its global network of free-trade agreements in 2020 by establishing deeper ties with emerging countries.
20 years on: China, Japan, ROK seek cooperation amid uncertainties
17-Dec-2019 New Kerala
A news report on the current cooperation of China, Japan and the ROK in tackling the issue of unbalanced regional development.
How India-Korea CEPA impacted domestic markets
11-Dec-2019 Money Control
Among the FTAs which have affected Indian domestic industry adversely, the India-Korea CEPA, signed in 2009, has been significant.
Korean company starts arbitration against India
10-Dec-2019 Economic Times
South Korean state owned power utility Kowepo has begun international arbitration proceedings against India in Singapore for not honouring a fuel supply commitment to its Maharashtra power plant.