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Corporate power and abuse is a root cause of migration
29-Jun-2021 People’s World
To seriously address the roots and causes of migration, it is urgent to dismantle the neoliberal rules which grant excessive privileges to transnational corporations.
S. Korea-Central America FTA set for full implementation in March
25-Feb-2021 Yonhap News Agency
South Korea said its free trade agreement (FTA) with a group of Central American nations will be fully implemented starting next month as Panama completed its domestic procedures.
S. Korea vows to speed up trade talks with Central, South America in 2021
29-Jan-2021 Yonhap News Agency
South Korea’s trade ministry vowed to make more progress in expanding trade pacts with counterparts from Central and South America this year, in line with its efforts to diversify its export portfolio amid the growing protectionism around the globe.
The remarkable life and legacy of indigenous leader Berta Cáceras
22-Jun-2020 Salon
Honduran environmental activist Berta Cáceres was a strong voice against free trade and fought for the Lenca people’s right to live on their sacred land.
S. Korea, Panama hold policy consultations on bilateral ties, trade
23-Jan-2020 Yonhap
South Korea signed the FTA with Panama and the four Central American countries — Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and El Salvador — which have already finished the domestic procedures for the agreement.
Report: US free trade pact means junk food for developing nations
15-Nov-2019 The St Kitts & Nevis Observer
The US is exporting ever-more processed foods, as well as meat, to the region, while making it harder for farmers there to supply healthy foods for the local market.
Multilateralism, lack of development and violence: Central American migrants in transit through Mexico
9-Nov-2019 https://bilaterals.org/?multilatera...
S. Korea’s FTA with 5 Central American nations partially takes effect on Oct. 1
2-Oct-2019 Pulse News
South Korea’s free trade agreement with five Central American countries becomes partially effective on 1 Oct, putting the country on path to enjoy near tariff-free access to markets across the Latin and South American map.
UK and Central America sign continuity agreement
18-Jul-2019 UK Government
This agreement replicates the existing EU-Central America trading relationship and will ensure continuity in the trading relationship between the UK and Central America.
The battle for Latin America: How the US helped destroy the “pink tide”
23-Apr-2019 Counter Punch
After sponsoring juntas until well into the 1990s, the US went after Central and South America with “free trade” deals before once again working with extremists.
Costa Rica legislators approve TLC with Korea
8-Mar-2019 Q
Negotiations for the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with South Korea was begun by the Chinchilla administration (2010-2014), completed in 2016 and now only requires the President’s signature to go into force.
Honduras and South Korea FTA will soon enter into force
7-Mar-2019 Fresh Plaza
The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Honduras and South Korea is about to enter into force; the National Congress of the Republic has already approved it.
Korea signs FTA with Central America
22-Feb-2018 Korea Times
Le traité commercial a officiellement été signé entre le ministre délégué au Commerce extérieur Kim Hyun-chong et les représentants du Costa Rica, du Salvador, du Honduras, du Nicaragua et du Panama.
S. Korea, Central American countries to hold technical meeting for FTA
23-Oct-2017 KBS
South Korea and five Central American countries will hold a technical meeting in Seoul for a final review of the full text of a bilateral free trade agreement.
S. Korea tentatively signs FTA with 5 Central American countries
13-Mar-2017 KBS
South Korea and a group of Central American countries have tentatively signed a free trade agreement.
S. Korea, six Central American countries sign free trade deal
17-Nov-2016 Korea Times
South Korea reached an agreement with six Central American countries on a free trade deal, which is expected to pave wider ways for Asia’s fourth-largest economy to tap deeply into the continent.
S. Korea, Central America to begin 7th round of FTA negotiations
24-Oct-2016 KBS
South Korea kicks off another round of free trade negotiations with six Central American countries in Seoul.
Free trade’s chilling effects
17-Oct-2016 Taylor & Francis
The TPP threatens to extend the most draconian feature of the contemporary free trade model: private corporation’s ability to sue sovereign nations.
S. Korea, Costa Rica agree to strive for early conclusion of FTA negotiations
12-Oct-2016 Yonhap
The leaders of South Korea and Costa Rica agreed Wednesday to strive for an early conclusion of free trade negotiations between the Asian nation and six Central American countries
S. Korea to hold 5th round of FTA talks with 6 Central American countries
8-Aug-2016 Business Korea
South Korea plans to strengthen intellectual property rights and competition laws in order to help its domestic firms push into the Central American markets.