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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.
US negotiator hints South Korea trade deal may be delayed
24-Oct-2006 VOA
The latest round of talks aimed at liberalizing trade between the United States and South Korea has gotten off to a difficult start. As disagreements persist over some of the proposals, the top U.S. negotiator says the bargaining may extend longer than expected.
S Korean island urges US negotiators to remove oranges from FTA
24-Oct-2006 Asia Pulse
As the host of ongoing free trade talks with the United States, the South Korean island of Jeju appealed on Monday for Washington’s negotiators to exclude oranges from a bilateral trade pact that is being planned.
South Korean protesters blast US over free trade, North Korea
23-Oct-2006 IHT
South Koreans took to the streets Sunday against a proposed free-trade agreement with the United States, a day before the start of a new round of negotiations that have made few breakthroughs and face a looming deadline.
Internal memo shows Health Minister obstacle to FTA
19-Oct-2006 Korea Times
South Korea tried to cut a deal with the United States to break the stalemate over their bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) talks but an internal dispute nixed the attempt.
Police to dispatch 10,000 to Cheju for FTA talks
19-Oct-2006 Korea Times
The Korean National Police Agency has stepped up security for the nation’s free trade talks with the United States, sending 10,000 police officers to fend off protesters at the meeting venue on Cheju Island.
Korea demands recognition for generic drugs
19-Oct-2006 Korea Times
A Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA) for pharmaceuticals is likely to speed up in the fourth round of the FTA talks, which will begin place Monday on Cheju Island.
China, ROK agree to start negotiations on free trade area
18-Oct-2006 People’s Daily
China and the Republic of Korea (ROK) on Friday agreed to start negotiations on a free trade area (FTA) as soon as possible.
Uri Party proposes FTA-for-security deal
17-Oct-2006 Korea Times
“Protection of US investors comes with the provision of a nuclear umbrella for Korea,” the chief policymaker of Korea’s ruling Uri Party said yesterday
US FTA may cost drug industry $1.2 billion: gov’t
17-Oct-2006 Hankyoreh
A proposed free trade agreement with the United States is expected to cost as much as 1 trillion won (US$1.2 billion) in damage to the South Korean pharmaceutical industry if the US proposal for the deal is accepted, the South Korean government said.
S. Korean farmers, activists plan anti-FTA protests next week
16-Oct-2006 Asia Pulse
More than 3,000 South Korean farmers and activists plan to hold peaceful demonstrations next week to protest against a fourth round of free trade talks with the United States, organizers said Monday.