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SK, China to announce free trade plan: sources
17-Nov-2006 Hankyoreh
South Korea and China will begin joint research into a possible free trade agreement from the beginning of next year, according to Korean government officials.
S. Korea to hold public hearing on trade deal with EU
15-Nov-2006 Yonhap
South Korea said Wednesday it will hold a public hearing next week to discuss a possible free trade agreement the the European Union.
Police alert over FTA demonstration
15-Nov-2006 Korea Times
Protesters against a free trade agreement (FTA) between South Korea and the United States are planning to bring in hundreds of chartered buses to form a blockade in downtown Seoul during an upcoming demonstration.
Local laws may clash with proposed FTA
13-Nov-2006 Hankyoreh
South Korea’s local governments were found to have 33 ordinances that may clash with elements of a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States.
Anti-FTA groups denied state subsidies
13-Nov-2006 Korea Times
The Korean government will stop providing financial support to civic groups openly opposing the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between South Korea and the United States, the Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs said yesterday.
S Korean workers demand end to trade talks with US
13-Nov-2006 Reuters
About 15,000 South Korean workers demonstrated in the capital Seoul on Sunday, demanding the government stop free-trade talks with the United States.
FTA drug talks in Seoul
10-Nov-2006 Korea Times
Korea and the United States plan to hold talks next week on drug policy issues surrounding an envisioned bilateral free trade agreement (FTA).
Democrat victory in US could hamper FTA with Korea
9-Nov-2006 Chosun Ilbo
With the trade-friendly Republican Party losing its grip on the House of Representatives for the first time in over a decade, there’s growing concern that the ongoing free-trade talks between Seoul and Washington will face tougher conditions.
Korea poised to admit foreign lawyers with FTA
8-Nov-2006 Korea Herald
"Services have become a huge part of what developed countries are exporting," said Steve Norton, spokesman for the Office of the US Trade Representative in Washington. "The US permits foreign-licensed lawyers to work here, and it is reasonable that reciprocal treatment by Korea should be given to US lawyers."
EU members to visit Kaesong complex
31-Oct-2006 Korea Times
The EU delegates and South Korean officials will discuss levying a preferential tariff on Kaesong products for a South Korea-EU free trade agreement (FTA).
S Korea, US FTA talks end, no progress
28-Oct-2006 UPI
South Korea and the United States ended five-day talks on a free trade deal Friday with little headway.
Seoul pledges more screen quota cut
28-Oct-2006 Korea Times
The Korean government has pledged behind-the-scenes to accept US demands for reducing the screen quota to remove obstacles to free trade agreement (FTA) talks, according to a ministry memo obtained by The Korea Times. "Our position for the future is that Korea will by all means keep its promise to the US to maintain the reduced screening quota (or further curtail it). It is a promise between the two countries," said the memo.
Militant protests greet Korea-US FTA negotiations
28-Oct-2006 Party for Socialism and Liberation
Militant protests have taken place daily during the fourth round of negotiations for the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement.
“Stop ROK-US FTA - making consumers exposed to serious food danger"
28-Oct-2006 VOP
While the 4th US-Kore FTA were in progress in Jeju Island, 101 scholars related to sociology issued a statement, urging the suspension of the negotiations. They noted that “the ROK-US FTA are highly universal problems directly related to the food safety and sovereignty of all people.”
US offers to lift tariffs on all industrial goods
28-Oct-2006 Korea Times
US Trade Representative Susan Schwab recently had told a radio broadcasting company in California that the US will not continue its FTA talks if Korea does not remove trade barriers in the automobile sector.
Stop KorUS FTA right now!
28-Oct-2006
Statement of the Korean Alliance against KorUS FTA (KoA) before the 4th round of talks on Korea-US FTA in Jeju Island in South Korea (23-27 October 2006).
Anti-FTA protesters clash with riot police in Jeju
25-Oct-2006 Hankyoreh
Korean riot police, using water cannons and clubs, on Tuesday dispersed hundreds of anti-globalization protesters trying to disrupt free trade talks between South Korea and the US, witnesses said.
US makes proposal on FTA screen quota issue: sources
24-Oct-2006 Hankyoreh
With the fourth round of talks underway for a proposed free trade agreement (FTA), the US has reportedly made a proposal regarding protections currently in place on the South Korean film industry.
About 10,000 farmers protest over US-S Korea trade talks
24-Oct-2006 All Headline News
In the wake of protests from thousands of farm activists and unionists, South Korean and U.S. negotiators resumed controversial free-trade talks on Monday, on the resort island of Cheju.
S. Korean officials walk out of one committee in free trade talks with US
24-Oct-2006 Hankyoreh
Free trade talks between Seoul and Washington hit a rough patch on Monday as South Korean officials walked out of one committee handling tariff concessions on mobile phones and other industrial products.