President highlights Chile as Korea's 1st FTA partner during Santiago visit
ONP 요약
이재명 대통령이 칠레를 방문해 동포간담회에서 칠레를 한국 최초 FTA 파트너로 언급하고 양국 관계의 미래를 강조했다. 동시에 양국의 핵심 광물·청정에너지·디지털·문화 협력 확대 가능성을 논의했다.
진보 성향:친애와 감사 — 칠레가 한국을 먼저 인정해 주고 FTA를 맺은 점을 감사를 표하며, 양국의 역사적 우정과 미래 협력을 강조한다.
보수 성향:경제 협력 — FTA를 진화시켜 새로운 비즈니스 기회를 창출하고 핵심 광물·공급망 협력을 강화해야 한다는 점을 강조한다.
President Lee Jae Myung underscored Chile's significance as Korea's first-ever free trade agreement (FTA) partner, saying the South American nation recognized Korea's potential long before it gained global prominence.
Speaking at a dinner meeting with members of the Korean community in Santiago Wednesday (local time), the president's remarks came during his three-nation South America tour this week, which also includes Brazil and Argentina.
Lee is seeking to expand trade and investment with Mercosur, a South American trade bloc, by capitalizing on the complementary nature of the two economies — Mercosur in agriculture, food production, energy and critical minerals, and Korea in advanced manufacturing, digital technologies, shipbuilding and batteries.
"Chile was not only the first Latin American country to recognize the Republic of Korea in 1949, a year after our government was established, but also Korea's first FTA partner," Lee said.
The bilateral FTA took effect in April 2004, years before Korea's FTAs with major trading partners such as the United States, which entered into force i ...
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