Evolving trade: A man sits among commercial boards hoping to draw in customers at a shopping district in Seoul. The country has stressed that mega-sized free trade pacts such as the CPTPP will become foundations for changes in the global economic order. — AFP
SEOUL: The South Korean government will actively consider joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, or CPTPP, and improve systems to engage in the new global trading order evolving in the region, its fiscal chief said Monday.
Stressing that mega-sized free trade pacts such as the Asia-Pacific agreement will become foundations for changes in the global economic order, finance minister Hong Nam-ki said the government will begin unofficial talks with member countries.
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