South Korea To Step Up Assessment Of TPP After FTA Implementation

South Korean trade minister Kim Jong-hoon last week said his country is “carefully” monitoring the ongoing negotiations for a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, but is for the time focused on the implementation of the free trade agreement it has negotiated with the United States, which he expects to enter into force before Feb. 1. “Once this KORUS FTA enters into force and when we have more time to look around … then certainly we will have a deeper assessment and...