1 / 9

A ROK-NZ FTA: cementing a closer economic relationship

A ROK-NZ FTA: cementing a closer economic relationship. The Lucky 7 strategic reasons. 10 June 2009. 1. Now is not the time to become insular. 2. FTA creates momentum for integration. From this…. to this?. 3. Avoid penalising good friends. FTAs signed by New Zealand Australia Thailand

erica-whitaker
Download Presentation

A ROK-NZ FTA: cementing a closer economic relationship

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. A ROK-NZ FTA: cementing a closer economic relationship The Lucky 7 strategic reasons 10 June 2009

  2. 1. Now is not the time to become insular

  3. 2. FTA creates momentum for integration From this…. to this?

  4. 3. Avoid penalising good friends • FTAs signed by New Zealand • Australia • Thailand • Singapore/Chile/Brunei • China • Aus-NZ-ASEAN • Malaysia • To be negotiated • GCC • Korea • India • TransPac (incl. US) • Hong Kong • FTAAP • FTAs signed/being negotiated by ROK • US, Chile, ASEAN • Australia, EU, Canada, India, Peru

  5. 4. Agriculture: no threat; just opportunities

  6. 5. Regional production networks can be enhanced

  7. 6. The weightless economy: services and investment are essential parts of a modern trading relationship

  8. 7. Climate change: shared interests

  9. Summary • The economic modelling numbers show that there are significant benefits to both countries from an FTA • These broader strategic reasons show that deepening the relationship between Korea and New Zealand makes a lot of sense

More Related