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3-Jun-2008
Asia Times
The sense in Washington is that Congress will either vote against ratifying the US-Korea FTA or will simply not vote on it at all. Bush has yet to send it to Congress for ratification, and he’s getting advice on all sides to drop it, to let it slide into the next administration.
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3-Jun-2008
Yonhap
Agriculture Minister Chung Woon-chun said that until the two nations reach an agreement on the age limit of cattle when they are slaughtered for meat to be exported to South Korea, Seoul will not implement its revised sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) standards. The move effectively allows South Korea to keep its import ban on US beef that has been in place since early October.
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3-Jun-2008
The Hindu
Though India’s Union Government has been pushing for an FTA with many countries on a bilateral basis, and also with regional blocks like ASEAN and the EU, there have been no major breakthroughs.
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3-Jun-2008
Government of Hong Kong
The two sides will work towards the development of a co-operation arrangement on trade and investment facilitation. This will lay the foundation for future consideration of a free-trade agreement between Hong Kong and Peru.
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3-Jun-2008
Asian Tribune
The US-Sri Lanka TIFA Council discussed issues affecting US exports, such as Sri Lanka’s agricultural biotechnology policies, import tariffs, intellectual property rights protection, and transparency in government procurement.
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2-Jun-2008
Indonesia and Japan have effectively started bilateral economic cooperation under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) framework starting on July 1.
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2-Jun-2008
Leading U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama, who is close to securing the democratic nomination for president, came out criticizing the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement.
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2-Jun-2008
KCTU
The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions calls on the Korean government to repeal the US beef deal, stop the violence of the riot police and respect people’s voices and rights.
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2-Jun-2008
AFP
South Korea decided Monday to put off the implementation of its decision to resume US beef imports, the agriculture ministry said in the wake of widespread protests.
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2-Jun-2008
IPS
West African states are working at salvaging regional relations with a renewed attempt to collectively negotiate an economic partnership agreement (EPA) with the European Union.
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2-Jun-2008
Seoul Times
South Korean police’s brutal suppression toward ever-growing anti-US beef demonstrations by its citizen became the key issue as the confrontation between police and protesters got more fierce.
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2-Jun-2008
ITUC
This trade union guide to bilaterals has been produced in an effort to fill an information gap so that trade unions can get more involved in their governments’ negotiation and implementation of bilateral and regional trade agreements
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1-Jun-2008
PhilStar
Corporate opportunities from JPEPA, if ever the Philippine Senate ratifies it
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1-Jun-2008
Economic Times
Even as Nepal prepares to abolish monarchy and declare itself the world’s newest republic under a government led by Maoists, the Indian government is preparing a new wave of business diplomacy to establish cordial ties — including an FTA — with the new regime.
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31-May-2008
Guardian
"Not just the beef deal, but the Lee Myung-bak government’s policies are anti-working people and are not right," college student Ju Ha-na, who took part in a head-shaving ceremony in protest, said.
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31-May-2008
HSA
Social organisations and popular movements of South America demand a genuine role in the decisions made regarding how UNASUR is designed and rolled out.
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31-May-2008
MLive
Tens of thousands of South Koreans are rallying Saturday against a plan to import US beef in the largest protest in weeks of anti-government demonstrations.
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31-May-2008
Hankyoreh
Farmers, professors and veterans, and citizens protest the government’s announcement about U.S. beef import
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30-May-2008
Political Affairs Magazine
On May 5th, 2008 Canada’s Trade Minister, David Emerson, proudly declared that Canada is "very close" to concluding free trade negotiations with Colombia. Canada’s push into Colombia is part of its broader interest and growing economic influence in Latin America going back to the 1990s.
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30-May-2008
Press TV
Peru has signed free-trade agreements with Canada and Singapore in a move to broaden its relations with other countries worldwide.
