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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.
China, ROK agree to step up RCEP, FTA talks
9-Dec-2019 CGTN
Moon Jae-in, president of the Republic of Korea (ROK), hailed China’s important role in regional stability, security and development, vowing to deepen cooperation with China in areas such as RCEP and China-ROK-Japan free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations.
Moon pledges to expand FTA network
9-Dec-2019 The Investor
President Moon Jae-in pledged to expand South Korea‘s global free trade agreement network to boost its economic growth and fend off protectionism.
South Korea and Japan seek to resolve trade dispute, amid dim economic outlook
2-Dec-2019 CNBC
The two Asian powerhouses have recently been locked in a trade dispute but tensions “have de-escalated compared to what the situation was in summer,”
South Korea and Indonesia reach final agreement on free trade deal
27-Nov-2019 Nikkei Asian Review
South Korea and Indonesia on Monday wound up seven and a half years of negotiations on a free trade deal, with an agreement to remove tariffs on steel, autos and beer.
China, S.Korea, Japan to hold trilateral FTA negotiations in Seoul
27-Nov-2019 Xinhua Net
China, South Korea and Japan will hold a new round of negotiations on the trilateral free trade agreement (FTA) this week in Seoul.
Kingdom, South Korea to study FTA feasibility
26-Nov-2019 Phnom Penh Post
Cambodia and South Korea have signed a joint feasibility study agreement on a potential free trade agreement (FTA) aiming to expand bilateral investment volume between the two countries.