SEJONG, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and Vietnam signed a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) Tuesday, the Seoul government said, with the countries seeking to implement the deal before the year’s end. The Korea-Vietnam FTA was officially signed by the countries’ trade ministers in a ceremony held in Hanoi, about a month after [...]
“In terms of the AIIB, will it affect the relationship with the Republic of Korea? The answer is no. The U.S. welcomes a better relationship between Beijing and Seoul. We want good relations between Seoul and Beijing, Washington and Beijing, and especially Washington and Seoul. Our relationship is one that is unbelievably strong right now, [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea formally signed a free trade agreement with New Zealand on Monday, the latest in a series of deals Seoul has inked to boost the country’s exports. South Korean President Park Geun-hye and New Zealand Prime Minister John Key observed the signing of a deal after their summit [...]
SEJONG, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government on Wednesday set up a new help center for local businesses, especially small and medium-sized companies, seeking to explore the Chinese market using the country’s bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) with the neighboring country. The so-called China Desk was set up at the Korea International [...]
BEIJING, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Chinese Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng said Saturday that Beijing will “accelerate” negotiations this year with South Korea and Japan aimed at forging a three-way free trade agreement. Speaking at an annual press conference, Gao also reiterated that South Korea and China will spare no effort to formally sign a [...]
SEOUL, Dec 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea-Canada free trade agreement will go into effect from January 1 next year. This is the 11th free trade agreement for Korea following the Korea-Australia FTA that took into effect on December 12. Consumers are keenly interested in items that will benefit from the new pact, such as Canada [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The volume of lobsters exported to South Korea has skyrocketed thanks to the South Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement. According to the United States Department of Commerce on October 4, lobster sales to Korea accounted for US$18.1 million or about 19.3 billion won last year, up by 639.5 percent compared with [...]
![[Quote] Minister Shea Promotes Canadian Seafood Products in the Republic of Korea](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/The-Honourable-Gail-Shea-Minister-of-Fisheries-and-Oceans-Canada-800x521.jpg "[Quote] Minister Shea Promotes Canadian Seafood Products in the Republic of Korea")
“I was proud to meet with stakeholders in South Korea to promote our world-class aquaculture and seafood products. Since 2006, it has been a priority for our Government to open new markets for Canadian products. By eliminating high tariffs on fish and seafood products, our free trade agreement with the Republic of Korea will significantly [...]