SKorea pushing for FTA with S'pore<\/p>\n
SEOUL: South Korea will this week make a formal offer to
\nSingapore to negotiate a free trade agreement, officials here
\nsaid Tuesday.<\/p>\n
South Korean trade minister Hwang Doo-Yun is to attend a World
\nTrade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting in Sydney on
\nThursday and Friday and will meet his Singaporean counterpart
\nGeorge Yeo to discuss the trade deal.<\/p>\n
\"Meeting with minister Yeo on the sidelines of the WTO
\nmeeting, minister Hwang will make an official offer to strike a
\nfree trade agreement,\" said Park Jin-Ho, a spokesman for Hwang.<\/p>\n
South Korea struck its only free trade agreement with Chile in
\nOctober after three years of bargaining, while Singapore's first
\naccord with New Zealand came into effect in 2001.<\/p>\n
The Southeast Asian city-state, whose fortunes are heavily
\ndependent on external trade, has since struck similar deals,
\nincluding with Japan and Australia.<\/p>\n
Singapore is also in free trade talks with Canada, Mexico and
\nthe United States. -- AFP<\/p>",
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