Meeting with Canadian Minister of International Trade

Dr. SHIN Won Sop, Minister of Korea Forest Service met the Honorable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, Canada on 10 Feburary 2015 at the Embassy of Canada in Seoul.

They exchanged views and insights on the enhanced partnership in the forest sector, especially the on-going cooperation on Korea's sawn lumber indication and quality system.

Canada and Korea jointly plans to have a face-to-face meeting in March in Canada in order to discuss similarities and differences between Canadian and Korean lumber grading and marking systems, and find acceptable solutions to each side's respective lumber marking requirements.