S. Korea, ASEAN hold inaugural joint committee meeting to discuss upgrading bilateral FTA

South Korea and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Wednesday held the inaugural meeting of a joint committee designed to discuss improvements to their bilateral free trade agreement, Seoul's trade ministry said. Trade delegations from the two sides held the meeting virtually, about six months after South Korea and ASEAN agreed to commence talks to improve the existing FTA in a bid to further expand cooperation on emerging issues, such as the digital economy, supply chains and critical

By The Korea Herald