Kim Hyun-jong
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Kim Hyun-jong (Korean: 김현종, born September 27, 1959 in Seoul) is a former minister for trade in Roh Moo-hyun administration and is currently the 21th UN ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea.
From May 2003, the very beginning of Roh administration, as the deputy minister for trade and later the minister for trade, he was one of the most central figures in Roh administration's trade policy for more than 4 years. In particular, he initiated numerous free trade agreement(FTA) talks with including Canada, India(CEPA), Mexico, MERCOSUR, GCC, Singapore, EFTA, ASEAN, and USA. The FTA with Singapore, EFTA, ASEAN, and USA had been signed before he moved to UN.
He is married with two sons.
[edit] Publications
- The Trend of Block Economy and NAFTA (1995)
- When are Government Loans Subsidies? Hanbo Steel and the Application of the WTO Subsidies Agreement (1998)
