한국무역협회•월드옥타, 수출초보 중소기업 지원 업무협약<br /> <br />The Korea International Trade Association has signed a deal that could help smaller companies here sell more overseas.<br />The MOU is with the World Federation of Overseas Korean Traders Association, which has a combined 7-thousand members in 21 countries.<br />According to the trade ministry in Seoul,... this will help Korea's small and medium sized companies find buyers and markets, and the association will serve as an export agency.<br />The trade association will choose 20 companies this year and one hundred by 2021 to help them become local trading firms.<br />The ministry said the agreement will enable Korean SMEs to enter overseas markets more easily and create an extra one-point-seven billion U.S. dollars in exports. <br />