CPTPP Agreement: South Korea's application for membership
South Korea has decided to joinfree trade agreement CPTPPin force since 2018 and bringing together 11 Asia-Pacific nations* (cf.Free Trade: the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPA) will take place without the United States!). The accession process, which was launched at the end of last year, was approved on Friday 15 April at a ministerial meeting. Seoul wants above all to diversify its export portfolio and guarantee thestability of supply chains. Korean farmers and fishermen are fearful of this project.
However, the application for membership must be granted by the members of the CPTPP. Japan has long been reluctant to do so, mainly because of Seoul's ban on importing Fukushima seafood into its territory since 2013.
*Japan, Canada, Australia, Vietnam, New Zealand, Singapore, Mexico, Peru, Brunei, Chile and Malaysia.
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