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Japan to prepare safeguard against imports from Philippines
14-Sep-2006 Mainichi
Japan’s Ministry of Finance said Wednesday that it plans to amend customs-related laws and ordinances to enable Japan to invoke emergency restrictions on imports from the Philippines.
Labor leader explains anti-FTA stance
14-Sep-2006 Donga
Interview with the president of AFL-CIO, John Sweeney, on the US-Korea FTA.
U.S. presses Korea to improve ag offer in trade talks
13-Sep-2006
South Korea needs to make a much better offer to open up its agricultural sector to U.S. imports in talks aimed at reaching a free trade agreement by the end of the year, a U.S. trade official said on Monday.
Political leadership needed to iron out differences in FTA
13-Sep-2006
The third round of Korea-US free trade agreement (FTA) talks in Seattle ended Sunday without producing any practical progress on core issues. While the negotiation result is disappointing, it is not totally unexpected, given the inhospitable conditions of the negotiations.
‘Kaesong Complex Agreement Unlikely in FTA Talks’
12-Sep-2006
Many U.S. experts think South Korea and the United States are unlikely to produce an agreement regarding the Kaesong Industrial Complex in North Korea in the free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations, the results of a survey showed yesterday.
FTA hits snags
11-Sep-2006
The trade liberalization talks between Korea and the United States have passed a turning point but have made little agreements of substance. The third-round negotiations, which ended a four-day session in Seattle Saturday was another letdown, as each side sought to give the least and take the most.
Korea, US agree to wrap up FTA talks by year-end
11-Sep-2006
The third round of free trade talks between Korea and the US saw some progress in key sectors like agriculture and textiles but failed to narrow differences on easing US anti-dumping measures.
Ruling party divided over SK-US free trade pact
11-Sep-2006
The ruling Uri Party is divided over the recent decision by some of its National Assembly members to file charges that call the government’s pursuit of a free trade agreement with the United States "one sided."
Some progress in trade talks; 15 protesters arrested outside
10-Sep-2006
U.S. and South Korean negotiators concluded a challenging third round of trade talks in Seattle Saturday, with some progress but much ground to cover toward a proposed free-trade agreement between the two nations.
S Korea, US end third round of FTA talks without ’practical progress’
10-Sep-2006
South Korea and the United States ended a third round of free trade talks on Saturday, acknowledging that they failed to make "practical progress" in certain "sensitive areas" such as automobiles, agricultural products and pharmaceuticals.
Tough US-Korea trade talks end in disappointment
10-Sep-2006 Reuters
US and South Korean officials expressed disappointment on Saturday at the progress made during four days of tough trade negotiations aimed at clinching a proposed free trade agreement between the two countries.
EU seeks trade accords with China, Korea as WTO talks stumble
10-Sep-2006 Bloomberg
The European Union said it will seek bilateral trade deals with China and Korea, exploring new ways of conquering foreign markets as talks over a global trade pact flounder.
Political issues weigh on trade talks
9-Sep-2006
At issue are commodities as varied as rice, apparel and automobiles, as well as lucrative new markets in banking and other financial services, with potentially billions of dollars in commerce at stake. But for several countries negotiating trade pacts with the US, the outcome may have less to do with economics than with American election-year politics.
High noon for Korea’s NAFTA
9-Sep-2006 GNN
Underneath the radar of the mainstream media, the US and South Korea are negotiating a “free trade agreement” that, if signed, will be the largest such agreement since NAFTA was passed in 1994. Hence, it’s a massive issue for US and Korean workers, and has been arousing massive opposition.
Korean filmmakers take center stage to bash trade talks
9-Sep-2006
Fresh from acclaim at the Cannes Film Festival for creating a South Korean "Jaws," the director Bong Joon Ho staged a lone protest outside the Culture Ministry in Seoul, shouting slogans and raising a red placard.
No Korean auto pact: Ontario
9-Sep-2006
The Ontario government is demanding that Ottawa exclude the auto sector from free trade talks with Korea because of potential harm to the industry.
Korean FTA negotiator under pressure
9-Sep-2006
It was 9:00 pm local time on the second day of the third round of Korea-US FTA talks.
Seattle protests against US-Korea Free Trade Agreement (PSL)
9-Sep-2006 Party for Socialism and Liberation
Two major coalitions have formed to oppose the KORUS FTA and organize protest activities during the negotiations: the Korean Alliance Against Korea-US FTA (KoA), based in South Korea, and Korean Americans Against War And Neoliberalism (KAWAN), based in the United States.
US says state governments ’exempt’ from FTA rules: source
8-Sep-2006
The US has reportedly insisted on excluding its state governments from many of the stipulations of the free trade agreement (FTA) currently being negotiated with South Korea.
Little tangible results come out of S Korea-US FTA talks
8-Sep-2006
South Korean officials expressed disappointment Thursday at what they believed were low tariff concessions suggested by the US in free trade talks under way in Seattle.