According to MOTIR, about 20 delegates from Korea, New Zealand, Singapore and Chile will participate. Negotiators will focus on criteria for identifying low-emission and environmental goods, measures to expand their trade, and cooperation on sustainable aviation fuel.
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Analysis: Common criteria for low-emission goods could influence how low-carbon steel is classified and traded among participating countries. Alignment on climate-related trade measures could also affect future market-access and compliance expectations, although the negotiations have not yet produced binding rules.
MetalMate analysis- GEPA aims to establish common standards for trade-related climate measures, such as the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, according to MOTIR.
- The agreement also aims to facilitate trade in low-emission goods, explicitly including low-carbon steel.
- MOTIR Director General Kim Jang-hee said Korea’s participation has entered a “substantive phase.”
Watch for proposed definitions and emissions criteria for low-carbon steel, as well as any trade-facilitation measures or alignment on climate-related trade rules. The scheduled talks are negotiations, not implementation of agreed standards.
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