Tag Archives: KAFTA

KAFTA implementation process underway

There have been a number of significant events in the process towards implementation of the Korea Australia Free Trade Agreement  with the apparent aim to do all things possible to have implementation commence in 2014. The first was the introduction into Parliament of the two Customs Bills required to be passed to implement the “customs […]

KOREA-AUSTRALIA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT TO BENEFIT INDUSTRY & CONSUMERS

Australia’s competitiveness in the Korean export market is set to increase along with cost benefits to Australian consumers with the implementation of the Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement (KAFTA). On 8 April 2014, Australia’s Minister for Trade and Investment Andrew Robb and his South Korean counterpart, the Minister for Trade, Industry and Energy, Yoon Sang-jick, formally signed the […]