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Auto industry an unlikely roadblock in Ottawa's ambitious free-trade talks

2013-04-01 09:20:14

Agriculture has long been the bane of Canadian trade negotiators. No trade deal gets done without crossing farmers first.

S. Korea-Canada FTA to deepen partnership: Canadian governor general

2013-02-26 03:36:48

The absence of a free trade deal between South Korea and Canada is the weakest link in their bilateral relations, and the two countries need to conclude one this year to deepen their partnership in a wider range of areas, Canada's visiting governor general said Tuesday.

Korea, Canada agree to resume free trade negotiations

2012-06-21 04:46:04

Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper have agreed to re-open negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement within this year.

US-Korea trade deal hurts Canadian hog farmers

2011-10-18 09:53:54

With the US Congress approving its free trade deal with South Korea last week, Canadian pork could soon be shut out of its third largest market.

Canadian agricultural commodity groups call for immediate resumption of free trade talks with South Korea

2011-07-08 02:34:08

A coalition of Canadian agricultural commodity groups is calling on Canada's premiers and agriculture ministers to express their support the immediate resumption of free trade talks with the Republic of Korea.

South Korean free-trade deal is long overdue

2011-03-15 20:54:12

It is Canada's forgotten trade deal.

Free trade negotiations with South Korea began in 2004. And nearly seven years later, there's still no pact.

Why?

Pork industry wants feds to cut a Korean trade deal

2011-01-13 02:13:26

Canadian pork producers and packers fear consequences of lagging behind Chile, United States and Europe in key Asian market

S. Korean trade deals put pressure on Canada

2010-12-07 02:05:00

Canadian companies risk losing ground in South Korea now that both the United States and the European Union have sealed free-trade deals with the Asian export powerhouse.

Seoul willing to lift ban on Canadian beef

2009-12-08 03:05:35

Korea is wiling to lift its six-year-old ban on Canadian beef, President Lee Myung-bak sad yesterday after a summit with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Day upset over South Korea's Canadian beef ban

2009-04-09 17:45:21

Trade Minister Stockwell Day, in Asia on a 10-day mission, took steps Thursday to improve Canada's trading partnerships in the region even as relations with South Korea worsened over that country's "unjustified ban" of Canadian beef.

Canada-Korea Trade Deal 'Will Take More Time'

2009-04-09 11:56:19

New South Korean Ambassador Ha Chan-ho says the financial crisis has put the brakes to finishing the Canada-Korea free trade agreement.

CLC-KCTU joint statement on Korea-Canada free trade agreements

2007-12-10 00:00:00

On the eve of the 12th round of negotiations between Canada and Korea for a trade deal, the Canadian Labour Congress and Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, representing over four million workers in both countries, call on our respective governments to immediately halt these trade talks.

Canada, South Korea pact not close, Flaherty says

2007-11-24 03:53:57

Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said his country and South Korea aren't close to a free-trade agreement because the Asian nation hasn't pledged adequate access to its market.

Ford warns Ottawa not to sign with South Korea

2007-11-23 14:02:16

Ford may redirect future investment away from Canada if Ottawa concludes a free-trade deal with South Korea that doesn't open up that country to auto imports, the company's top Canadian executive said yesterday.

Canada-South-Korea free trade deal would cost thousands of jobs, says union study

2007-10-24 04:19:39

The Canadian Auto Workers has called on the three opposition parties in Ottawa to vote down any Canada-Korea free trade agreement in order to save Canadian jobs. CAW's internal analysis predicts the trade deal would cost over 33,000 jobs.

Canada aims to match US-Korea trade deal: minister

2007-10-24 04:17:07

Canada is entering a difficult final phase of free-trade negotiations with South Korea and needs to secure a deal if it wants to be able to compete with the United States in Asia, Trade Minister David Emerson said on Tuesday.

New FTAs could worsen Canadian auto deficit: CAW

2007-10-09 05:43:48

"A free trade deal with Korea will take a bad situation and make it worse...The government should cancel these talks," said Canadian Auto Workers president Buzz Hargrove.

Seoul, Ottawa to focus on barley, bean in free trade agreement talks

2007-10-07 00:00:00

South Korea and Canada will focus on barley, bean, potato and other farm products in free trade agreement talks that reopen in Ottawa this week

Korea's U.S. Trade Treaty Could Pave Way for Canadian Pact

2007-06-06 17:36:43

Canadian trade officials will be carefully examining the free trade agreement recently inked by South Korea and the United States and applying any lessons learned to their own ongoing negotiations with the Asian country.

South Korea trade deal 'close'

2007-05-03 22:28:59

South Korea will lift its ban on Canadian beef within the next three weeks, allowing the two countries to complete a free-trade agreement in the near future, Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay predicted yesterday.