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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9821

20 January 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/south korea
Free trade agreement ministerial meeting in Seoul

Brussels, 19/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - European Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton is on a two-day visit to Seoul (19-20 January) for discussions with her South Korean counterpart Kim Jong-hoon to provide fresh impetus to negotiations on a free trade agreement, in which motor cars and rules of origin are still proving a stumbling block. Although no date has yet been set for the 8th round table discussions, it was announced that sufficient progress had been made in December to suggest that...

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