CSCB members have the opportunity to get in on the ground floor of the Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement!
The 2014 World Conference of the IFCBA, Celebrating 25 years of Trade Facilitation through Expertise and Innovation, will take place from May 13-17 at the Sheraton Grande Walkerhill Hotel in Seoul, Korea. Please click on the following link for detailed information and registration: http://www.ifcba2014.or.kr/
The Canadian Government announced today that the Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA) will be implemented. This agreement constitutes Canada’s first free trade agreement in the Asia-Pacific region and will provide new access for Canadian businesses and workers to the world’s 15th-largest economy and the fourth-largest in Asia. In fact, the Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement is projected to create thousands of jobs for hardworking Canadians by boosting Canada’s economy by $1.7 billion and increase Canadian exports to South Korea by 32 percent. South Korea is not only a major economic player in its own right and a key market for Canada; it also serves as a gateway for Canadian businesses and workers into the dynamic Asia-Pacific region as a whole. This has been excerpted from an 11 March 2014 release by Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada, and is available in its entirety at:
http://www.international.gc.ca/trade-agreements-accords-commerciaux/agr-acc/korea-coree/index.aspx?lang=eng&utm_source=dfatd-maecd&utm_medium=dfatd-maecd&utm_campaign=ckfta-alecc
Our conference hosts, the Korea Customs Brokers Association, are very eager to welcome colleagues, old and new, to the fabulous city of Seoul. They have planned an engaging program that will showcase the best of Seoul in concert with a series of conference seminars that will be both timely and informative.
If you are planning on attending, but have not already registered, please note that conference registration closes on April 30, 2014.
Everyone is welcome – we look forward to seeing you there!