{
  "id": 9927432,
  "title": "South Korea's Lee calls for trade pact with Mexico",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/south-koreas-lee-calls-for-trade-pact-with-mexico",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-26T06:31:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40441337/south-koreas-lee-calls-for-trade-pact-with-mexico"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has called for a comprehensive trade agreement with Mexico to strengthen economic cooperation between the two countries. According to his office, Lee made the call during a business forum in Mexico, where he is on a state visit.\n\nLee noted that despite Mexico being South Korea's largest trading partner in Central and South America, and Korea being Mexico's fifth-largest trading partner, the two economies have yet to have a comprehensive trade agreement. Bilateral trade between the two countries reached $20.6 billion last year, according to The Korea Times.\n\nThe president stressed that a trade agreement would help companies pursue business opportunities with greater certainty amid growing uncertainties in the global trade environment. He also highlighted that the mutually complementary structures of the two economies make a trade agreement desirable.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Lee calls for resumption of FTA negotiations with Mexico to elevate economic cooperation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/lee-calls-for-resumption-of-fta-negotiations-with-mexico-to-elevate",
        "published": "2026-09-25T19:41:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Lee calls for resumption of FTA negotiations with Mexico to elevate economic cooperation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/lee-calls-for-resumption-of-fta-negotiations-with-mexico-to-elevate-9855287",
        "published": "2026-09-25T23:12:03.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}