Negotiations for the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the Philippines and South Korea will likely be completed by September, a cabinet official said on Thursday.

“Technically they have to be finished sometime September, [the] negotiations and terms, so that it can be ready for signature by November,” Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said during the Philippines-Korea Business Forum at the Conrad Hotel in Pasay.

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