EU agrees to final push in South Korea trade talks

EU governments renewed on Friday their support for wrapping up floundering free trade talks with South Korea, a European Commission spokesman said. The European Union and South Korea have been struggling ahead of a summit in Prague on May 23 to close two years of negotiations on a free-trade agreement. With the summit looming large, EU trade experts supported the European Commission, which is negotiating on member states' behalf, to give the talks a final push. "It is an important signal for us from the member states to continue our efforts to find a workable compromise with the Koreans," commission spokesman Lutz Guellner said.

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