Perhaps you are referring to the arrangement that General Motors has with their affiliated company in Korea. In order to gain more than just access to that market, they had to basically buy their way in. The key point here is that given the direction that Canadian negotiators are going in at this time, they also have grave concerns about the Korea free trade agreement. They will continue, of course--as the Koreans are right now--to import those vehicles facing the tariff.
On December 11th, 2007. See this statement in context.