Korean labor groups voiced their strong opposition to the just-reached deal between South Korea and the United States to effectively dismantle their tariff barriers. The groups vowed to launch a campaign to nullify the free trade agreement deal (FTA) and even threatened to attempt to oust President Roh Moo-hyun.
Around 3:55 pm, April 1st 2007, Bro. Heo Se-Wook (54), a union member of KCTU, was attempting to suicide by self-immolation as an act of resistance against the Korea-US FTA negotiation. His health condition is very serious and receiving an emergency medical treatment at the Hangang Scared Heart Hospital. We need your solidarity and support.
Members of J-BIG have joined the wider campaign for abolishing the special trade and economic benefits granted to Israel as part of its trade agreement with the European Union. Indeed a significant number of British MPs appear to support this campaign.
A South Korean protester set himself on fire on Sunday outside a Seoul hotel where talks on a free trade pact with the United States are in their final hours, witnesses and hospital officials said.
Critics of tomorrow’s signing say the interim Thai government has broken promises and failed to reveal details of the pact, but the biggest question they have is why Surayud is in such a hurry
A South Korean man set himself afire on Sunday to dramatize his opposition to a proposed free trade agreement between his country and the United States, as negotiations were coming to a close, with an extended deadline only hours away. The 56-year-old taxi driver, identified only by his surname Heo, was in serious condition at a hospital after the protest 20 meters from the front gate of a heavily guarded Seoul hotel where the final talks were under way.
Malaysian opponents of a free-trade deal with the United States celebrated Saturday after the countries missed an end-of-the-month deadline to fast-track an agreement.
From our standpoint, upcoming Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between Thailand and Japan involves big problems which will bring misery of people in both countries.
El Congreso de EEUU debe rechazar el acuerdo comercial con Colombia porque es un ’Frankenstein con pintalabios’ y un fenómeno que aumentará el desempleo y el narcotráfico, afirmaron líderes de ese país contrarios al tratado
Costa Rica es el único país potencialmente miembro del Tratado de Libre Comercio entre Centroamérica (menos Panamá y Belice), República Dominicana y Estados Unidos que todavía no lo ha ratificado. Y la apuesta del movimiento popular y social es a seguir bloqueando la aprobación del tratado
Protests against free trade talks between South Korea and the United States continue Friday as negotiators make a last-ditch effort to find ways to conclude a deal before a weekend deadline. The Korean Alliance Against the Korea-US FTA plans to hold an evening candlelight protest in downtown Seoul with more than 10,000 workers, farmers and activists taking part.
Four anti-free trade groups will today seek an emergency order from Thailand’s Supreme Administrative Court to stop the signing of the free trade area (FTA) agreement with Japan next week. They are the Khao Kwan Foundation, the Bio Thai Foundation, the Consumers’ Foundation and the Aids Access Foundation.
The Ghana Trade and Livelihood Coalition (GTLC), has called for mass mobilization of people in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries to put pressure on their governments to stop the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations while urging various Parliaments not to ratify the agreement if it is signed.
Despite chilling rain, South Korean farmers, workers and activists continued their protests opposing a free trade deal with the United States, with a large-scale candlelight vigil scheduled for Wednesday evening.
Las agrupaciones anti TLC no aceptarán el llamado de los rectores universitarios
Blanca Chancoso mencionó que otros propósitos de la Cumbre son elaborar de manera conjunta las estrategias para oponerse a los TLC que amenacen a su futuro, planteando alternativas al respecto, así como una agenda continental indígena
Un ex presidente del partido gubernamental de Corea del Sur se unió hoy a una huelga de hambre contra el Tratado de Libre Comercio con EEUU, iniciada por varios parlamentarios hace días, en vísperas de que concluyan las negociaciones en Seúl
El opositor Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN) de El Salvador apuesta hoy al recurso de inconstitucionalidad para lograr anular el tratado de libre comercio firmado con Washington
Miles de manifestantes de Corea del Sur se dieron cita ayer en las calles de Seúl para protestar contra el Tratado de Libre Comercio con Estados Unidos
Protests continued in Seoul on Monday as negotiators from South Korea and the United States began their final round of talks, hoping to seal a free trade agreement (FTA), organizers and police said.