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Article: FOCUS : EU WELCOMES THE UNITED STATES - SOUTH KOREA AGREEMENT.(free trade agreement)(European Union)(Brief article)
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- European Report
- Article date:
- April 3, 2007
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Peter Mandelson wasted no time in welcoming the historic free trade agreement between the the United States and South Korea on 2 April, seeing it as a positive omen for future negotiations between the EU and Seoul. "This success strengthens the prospects for the planned EU-Korea [free-trade agreement] talks due to start next month", announced the trade commissioner, happily.The agreement is good news for the Commission, which hopes that it will increase the chances of a deal in its own negotiations, and enable the EU to request the same conditions as the United States. Had the American ...