*The following is the official statement from the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Korea on behalf of the EU. EU and Japan sign Economic Partnership Agreement Yesterday the European Union and Japan signed a deep and comprehensive Free Trade Agreement, called the “Economic Partnership Agreement” (EPA). The trade agreement is the …
It is with great pleasure that ECCK hereby shares with you our second Quarterly Report. As true European advocacy organization, we have included information about EU and EFTA countries’ trade (Q1 2018) and investment (Q1 + Q2 2018). The purpose of the report is to provide a succinct overview of the most pertinent developments for …
On July 1 this year the EU-Korea Free Trade Agreement (“FTA”) celebrated its seventh anniversary. As a result of the various provisions of this FTA, which was ‘state-of-the-art’ at the time of its provisional application, trade in goods in 2017 has grown to EUR 100 billion (which is a remarkable growth of 47% compared to …
The official agreed minutes from the sixth annual EU-Korea Intellectual Property (IP) Dialogue was released on July 6. As provided for in the EU-Korea FTA, this year’s IP Dialogue took place on May 29 where the European Commission and Korean officials met to discuss on the recent IP legislative and policy developments from each party. The ECCK, …
We would like to extend a very warm welcome to our new members of the ECCK! Habitat for Humanity Korea (USA) Ms. Joy Mihyang Sohn (National Director) www.habitat.or.kr Korn Ferry Hay Group (USA) Mrs. KyoungHee Oh Lawton (Managing Director) www.kornferry.com/haygroup
On June 28, Mr Alfonso Cebollero, Marine & Shipbuilding Committee Chairperson at the ECCK and North Asia Chief Regional Officer at SENER, spoke at the International Ballast Water Management Forum, organized by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) together with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) at the Hilton Busan. Entitled as ‘Challenges and Tasks …