South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva agreed on Monday to accelerate negotiations for a long-delayed free trade agreement between South Korea and the Mercosur bloc.
During their summit in Brasília, the two leaders declared 2026 as the inaugural year of a new Korea-Brazil Strategic Partnership, establishing a high-level committee to deepen cooperation in trade, defense, aerospace, and critical minerals, according to a transcript of the summit shared on YouTube by Yonhap News.