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British Minister for Trade and Investment Lord Livingston will visit South Korea from 16-17 March 2015.
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Lord Livingston will use the visit to sustain the momentum of bilateral commercial engagement that followed President Park’s State visit to the UK in November 2013.
He will lead a contingent of 23 UK lifestyle companies from cosmetics, baby goods, fashion accessories and the food and drink sectors taking part in a GREAT campaign sponsored Lifestyle event. He will attend the second UK-Korea Governmental Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) where he will restate the UK’s pledge to double bilateral trade with Korea by 2020. He will also attend the second UK-Korea business-to- business CEO forum.
Speaking ahead of the visit Lord Livingston said:
The economic relationship between the UK and Korea is strong and well-established. Following the visit of President Park to London in 2013, bilateral trade relations have gone from strength to strength. I hope that my visit will build on this momentum.