Lee orders Korea not apply for CPTPP membership this year
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lim Hyeong-seop = On the 8th, President Lee Jae-myung [announced] that the government would apply for membership within the year regarding the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) that it has been pursuing...
On the 8th, President Lee Jae-myung ordered not to apply to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (CPTPP) throughout the year. In a written briefing on the day, Chief Spokesman Kang Yu-jeong said, “Trade policy is directly related to people's lives,” and “based on trust and consensus with farmers who are struggling in particular
The Blue House announced on the 8th that President Lee Jae-myung instructed that an application for membership in the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) not be submitted within this year. Senior Spokesperson Kang Yoo-jung stated in a written briefing on the same day.
“They say selling more goods abroad is good for the country, but what about our farming?” This is the question farmers ask themselves whenever a new trade agreement is announced. It is difficult to persuade farmers with promises of increased exports alone. Even if more cars are sold, if the price of the agricultural products I cultivate drops, it is a loss for the farming household. The benefits the country gains from market opening and the burd…
On August 8, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung instructed his administration to postpone its application to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) until the end of the year.
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