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| China, South Korea Sign Free Trade Agreement |
| 2015-06-03 |
| h/t Gates of Vienna Three years after negotiations began, China and South Korea have officially signed a free trade agreement. Chinese Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng and South Korean Trade Minister Yoon Sang-jick inked the document on Monday in Seoul, with President Xi Jinping and Park Geun-hye sending along letters expressing their support for and commitment to the deal. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #4 As per WORLD MILITARY FORUM + other milblogs, PERTS = generally or subjectively believe that Beijing's new FTA wid SOKOR will prevail or trump any anti-China consequence vee the Bammer + TPP + Bammer "Pivot to Asia", allowing China to overcome perceived US-desired containment. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-06-03 20:48 |
| #3 Does access to South Korea allow Chinese goods to get through any backdoors that were previously denied? Personally this sounds like really good news except it might tip North Korea into insane jealousy. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2015-06-03 14:44 |
| #2 I thought NORTH Korea was CHINA'S friend. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2015-06-03 12:55 |
| #1 Was this deal kept secret from the Korean public? |
| Posted by: jvalentour 2015-06-03 07:52 |