- Registration date2025-01-16
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Director General for FTA Negotiations Kwon Hye-jin at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) of the Republic of Korea is leading the Korean delegation in the 10th subsequent negotiating round of the Korea-China Free Trade Agreement (FTA) for services and investment through January 15–17 in Seoul.
Chen Zhiyang, Deputy Division Director of the Department of International Trade and Economic Affairs at China’s Ministry of Commerce, is the chief delegate for the Chinese delegation. A total of 40 delegates from both countries are participating in the negotiations.
Following the bilateral FTA’s entry into force in 2015, Korea and China launched subsequent negotiations on services and investment in March 2018 in accordance with the FTA guideline and have maintained discussions through official negotiating rounds as well as intersessional and chief delegate meetings.
The 10th round is the first official round to take place since the ninth official negotiating round convened in 2020. In this round, the Korean government aims to accelerate discussions for upgrading the bilateral FTA in areas like service, investment, and finance.