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Korea and the EU agreed to formally sign the Korea-EU FTA in April 2010, reaffirming their commitments to the entry into force of the Agreement in 2010. Furthermore, Korea and the EU agreed to make necessary modifications on the text of the Korea-EU FTA which was initialed on October 15, 2009, reflecting the entry into force of [...]

Korea – European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations have reached conclusion as of July 13th, 2009. However, although agreement has been reached it has not been initialed and the procedure for actually signing of the FTA will still take several months.

Korea expects to conclude a free trade deal with the European Union next month after both sides failed to resolve several contentious issues at last week’s minister-level meeting, a high-ranking official said yesterday.
Korean Trade Minister Kim Jong-hoon and his EU counterpart Catherine Ashton met in London last week to narrow differences on the issues, which [...]

Negotiators from South Korea and the European Union will begin talks later Monday to iron out differences on sticky issues in their run-up to signing a free trade deal.
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The government will make efforts to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU) by March to be put into effect from 2010, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said. The plan is part of the ministry’s ”multi-track” FTA policy to help revive the nation’s economy.
 
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The EU and Korea have today concluded the 7th round of negotiations for an EU-Korea FTA. The four-day negotiations (12-15 May) covered a wide range of negotiating issues, including non-tariff barriers and rules of origin. EU and Korea will continue contacts at various levels, including meeting between the Trade Commissioner, Peter Mandelson and the Korean [...]

The European Commission has concluded the sixth round of negotiations with South Korea on the EU-Korea free trade agreement. 180 negotiators, under the leadership of senior officials from both sides held detailed talks from 28 January to 1 February 2008. The negotiations maintained the good momentum maintained since the launch of these negotiations in May [...]

In May 2007, negotiations were launched for an EU-Korea FTA negotiations in Seoul. Both sides believe it is possible to complete negotiations in 2008. Independent studies on the potential of the EU-South Korea FTA negotiating process.  The European Commissions prvides Quantitative and qualitative independent studies on the potential of an EU-Korea FTA on the internet.

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