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Article: Roundup: South Korea, New Zealand to begin FTA negotiations
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- March 3, 2009
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Roundup: South Korea, New Zealand to begin FTA negotiations By
Huang Xingwei
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Visiting South Korean
President Lee Myung-bak and New Zealand Prime Minister John Key
announced in Auckland on Tuesday that they agreed to begin
negotiations on a bilateral Free Trade Agreement.
The two leaders made the announcement at a joint press conference
following their meeting. They hoped the FTA negotiation, which would
set the framework for future economic engagement between the two
countries, would be concluded as early as possible.
"We're hopeful that this agreement could be negotiated quite
quickly, to send a strong signal as countries face a global ...