Seoul – 44 companies, 8 business associations, 8 banking groups for a total of over 100 participants will take part in the trade mission to Seoul, scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday. The objective is to strengthen cooperation between Italy and South Korea, creating new partnerships in a market with great potential for growth 4 years after the entry into force of the Free Trade Area with the EU. The mission is sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Ministry of Economic Development, and is organized by Confindustria, the ITA and ABI, in collaboration with the Italian Embassy in Seoul. The Italian delegation is led by the Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Benedetto Della Vedova, with Ivan Scalfarotto, Secretary for Constitutional Reform and Relations with Parliament, Licia Mattioli, President of the Technical Committee for International Affairs and Foreign investors to Confindustria, Riccardo Maria Monti, president of the Italian Trade Agency for the promotion abroad and the internationalization of Italian businesses, and Guido Rosa, chairman of the Technical Committee for ABI internationalization. The sectoral initiative focuses on those areas that offer new cooperation opportunities: automotive, fashion, machine tools, biomedical and biotechnology equipment, epc-engineering, procurement & construction. (9Colonne)
