SEOUL – The South Korean finance minister has said Seoul is examining the possibility of joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal, according to the nation’s Yonhap News Agency.
“Due administrative process and public hearings will be held to reach a decision on joining the multilateral Asia-Pacific free trade region,” Finance Minister Choi Kyung-hwan was quoted as telling lawmakers at a parliamentary audit Tuesday.
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