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No FTA newsletter (KoA)
10-Feb-2007 KoA
Korean protest delegation sets off for Washington, DC; Farmers, livestock raisers, and civil society groups protest beef import talks, 13 arrested; The undemocratic character of the FTA negotiations process
Endorsement for “US civil society declaration on the KOR-US FTA” requested
10-Feb-2007
A US civil society statement on the Korea-US FTA written in collaboration between the AFL-CIO and Korean Americans for Fair Trade, and endorsed by the Alliance for Responsible Trade. Organizational endorsement is requested by 12 February 2007.
The road to an undesirable deal: A report to US Congress
10-Feb-2007 KCTU
The Korea-US FTA will make living conditions more difficult for people living in both countries. This report covers seven main concerns and presents three individual cases. Our analysis shows that the proposed agreement will disproportionately hurt working families, widen the income gap, limit public services, and undermine culture and the environment in South Korea.
Memorandum to the European Commission from 30 000 citizens at the World Social Forum
9-Feb-2007 TWN Africa
We the people attending the World Social Forum (WSF) are here today to call on the European Commission to stop negotiating Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA’s) with our governments.
Stop unfair trade deals between Europe and ACP countries!
9-Feb-2007 WEED
Open letter by more than 180 European NGOs to German Chancellor Angela Merkel
FTA - The poor fear for their future
8-Feb-2007 Malaysiakini
A 52-year-old rubber tapper from Semenyih rode on a bus for more than an hour to bring his concerns to the doorstep of the United States embassy in Kuala Lumpur today.
GPKK demonstrates against FTA outside US Embassy
7-Feb-2007 Bernama
The Coalition of Factory Workers and Trade Unions (GPKK) demonstrated for half-an-hour outside the United States embassy, here Wednesday to protest against the on-going Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiation which it claimed violated the rights of the lower-income group.
Mexicans protest sharp hike of tortillas, other food staples
5-Feb-2007 AFP
Thousands of people marched in Mexico City to protest the sharp hike of basic food products, including tortillas, and to demand the government exclude food staples from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). "No corn, no country," the protesters shouted in the first major demonstration to confront conservative President Felipe Calderon since he took office December 1.
Malaysian, US unions oppose trade deal
30-Jan-2007 AP
Labor unions in Malaysia and the United States said Monday they opposed a free trade agreement between their two countries unless it incorporated mechanism to protect labor and social rights.
Activists protest free trade pact at EU base in Kenya
25-Jan-2007 AFP
Some 2,000 anti-globalisation activists were marching in Kenya’s capital Nairobi to protest against a plan to liberalise trade between developing nations and the European Union.
Via Campesina inaugurates the World Social Forum
22-Jan-2007 Via Campesina
"We fight against those that are seeking to impose the neoliberal model upon us, a model that seeks to privatize our land, our seeds and our water; a model of free trade that makes it impossible for us to make a living in a dignified manner."
New anti-FTA protests in Colombia
22-Jan-2007 Prensa Latina
Senator Jorge Robledo announced on Sunday new demonstrations against the congressional approval of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the governments of Colombia and the US.
Letter from RECALCA to US Rep Charles Rangel
19-Jan-2007 Mingas
As a coalition of union, environmental, peasant, and small business organizations, communities of Afro-Colombians and indigenous people, and women’s and human rights groups, we would like to give you our views about some of the impacts that the US-Colombia FTA will have on Colombia.
"We also want to stop KorUS FTA!"
18-Jan-2007 VOP
Students of Oriental medical school joined to stop Korea-US Free Trade Agreement. "KorUS FTA will destroy our medical system, so it will menace the right for the health. And will bring about the oriental medical’s collapse. That’s why we are against KorUS FTA."
KDLP lawmakers go on a hunger strike against US-Korea FTA
18-Jan-2007 VOP
The Korean Democratic Labor Party’s lawmakers went on a hunger strike against the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement talks in front of the Shila hotel where the talks convened.
Rafidah skirting main FTA issues
17-Jan-2007
International Trade and Industry Minister Rafidah Aziz has not addressed the main concerns surrounding the US-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement (FTA), claimed a regional grouping of fishermen and farmers today.
Thousands of protesters voice opposition to FTA amid bolstered police presence
16-Jan-2007 Yonhap
Thousands of farmers, workers and progressive lawmakers gathered Tuesday afternoon in downtown Seoul to protest ongoing free trade talks between South Korea and the United States, threatening to march to the site of the negotiations despite police warnings.
Anti-FTA groups stage rally
15-Jan-2007 Korea Times
Civic groups and labor unions staged a series of rallies against the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement (FTA) as new round of FTA talks opened Monday. The anti-FTA groups estimated at about 2 million people will also have a large-scale protest at downtown Seoul on Tuesday.
Progessive lawmakers go on hunger strike opposing FTA
15-Jan-2007 Yonhap
Nine progressive lawmakers went on a hunger strike Monday against the free trade talks between Seoul and Washington as the two sides began the sixth round of the negotiations.
ASEAN for the people
15-Jan-2007 Melbourne Indymedia
We call on Governments to review existing FTAs and, to postpone for further examination and public scrutiny the FTAs currently being negotiated or proposed, particularly the proposed EU-ASEAN FTA, and FTAs with Japan and the United States under consideration by several ASEAN members.