Tuesday, December 16, 2008

S Korea, EU to launch FTA talks

SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Chinese media) -- South Korea and the European Union (EU) will

kick off free trade agreement negotiation on Monday, South Korea's Yonhap News

Agency reported on Sunday.

According to Yonhap, the talks will be held from Monday to Wednesday in

Vienna in a bid to resolve contentious issues such as auto trade and rules of

origin in their free trade negotiations.

South Korean Deputy Trade Minister Lee Hye-min and his European counterpart

Ignacio Garcia Bercero will discuss how the two sides can strike a deal as soon

as possible, it said.

South Korea has held seven rounds of FTA negotiations with the EU so far.

The EU is South Korea's second-largest trading partner after China.

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