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- Asian Economic Group Encourages North American Trade
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- Foreign Broadcast Information Service, March 12, 1992
- South Korea: Economic Group Encourages North American Ties
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- <p>[Seoul YONHAP in English 0257 GMT 9 Mar 92]
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- <p> [Text] Seoul, March 9 (YONHAP)--The government will
- encourage enterprises to build a distribution network
- stretching across the European Common Market and will strengthen
- economic ties with North American countries to positively cope
- with the worldwide trend toward economic blocs, Economic
- Planning Board [EFB] officials said Monday.
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- <p> EPB officials said the emergence of economic blocs in Europe
- and North America would have a considerable impact on South
- Korea's exports and imports.
- </p>
- <p> In Europe, the success of the Maastricht summit and the
- signing of the Maastricht Treaty in February will bring about
- the integration of the 12-member European Community and
- seven-member European Free Trade Association into the European
- economic area next year.
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- <p> In North America, the United States, Canada and Mexico
- agreed on signing the North American Free Trade Agreement
- (NAFTA) in February last year and it will go into effect early
- next year.
- </p>
- <p> Korean companies will be encouraged to build Europe-wide
- distribution networks and make greater investments in Europe,
- the officials said.
- </p>
- <p> The advancements of banks, securities firms and other
- financial institutions into Europe will be promoted. In the
- manufacturing sector, large enterprises will be advised to make
- inroads into Europe together with small- and mid-sized part
- suppliers to cope with the European system, under which firms
- must use parts made there.
- </p>
- <p> The government will strengthen trade diplomacy toward
- nations in North American to prevent NAFTA from having a
- disadvantageous impact on Korea regarding certificates of origin
- and investment conditions.
- </p>
- <p> South Korean companies will be asked to make more
- investments in Mexico and to seek detour exports to the United
- States in such fields as textiles, automobiles, electronics and
- footwear.
- </p>
- <p> The government will hear grievances from Korean firms in
- Europe and North America and ease restrictions on their
- overseas investments and acquisitions of real estate, the
- officials said.
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