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  • 7-Apr-2007 IHT
    South Korean workers demand free trade deal with US be canceled
    Thousands of South Korean workers took to the streets of the capital Saturday, demanding that a just-concluded free trade agreement between their country and the United States be scrapped.
  • 6-Apr-2007
    Country prepares for negotiation of EPAs
    The Mozambican government is preparing its position for negotiations with the European Union, scheduled to begin in May, on the controversial Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs).
  • 6-Apr-2007
    Internet firms on alert over FTA
    Internet firms providing music, videos and other multimedia files are watching out for the government interpretation on the free trade agreement, as its draft contains much tougher anti-piracy measures on digital content than current regulations.
  • 6-Apr-2007 FPIF
    Moratorium on free trade agreements
    At literally minutes to midnight on April 1, the United States signed a free trade agreement (FTA) with South Korean negotiators and rushed it to Congress. Congress now has 90 days to review the Korea, Peru, Colombia, and Panama agreements, before fast track authority expires on June 30.
  • 6-Apr-2007
    Poisonous clauses cast dark cloud over FTA
    Concerns and worries are arising about overlooked clauses of the free trade agreement as the initial elation on the successful settlement wanes over time.
  • 6-Apr-2007
    Anti-FTA rallies expected on weekend
    Several anti-FTA rallies are to take place in central Seoul this weekend, and clashes between protesters and police, and traffic jams are expected.
  • 6-Apr-2007
    Details of FTA talks cannot be revealed: Rafidah
    Minister of International Trade and Industry, Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz, said details of the free trade agreement (FTA) negotiation cannot be revealed because the talks are still on-going.
  • 6-Apr-2007
    Automakers cautious on South Korea, US free trade agreement
    Automakers yesterday said they were hopeful a free trade agreement between South Korea and the US will prove a boon to their industry, but added they were taking a cautious approach until the deal gets final approval.
  • 6-Apr-2007
    Pak agrees to implement Safta in ’letter & spirit’
    The Safta on Wednesday received a big boost with Pakistan agreeing to the views of Saarc leaders that the pact liberalising regional trade be implemented in “letter and spirit”.
  • 6-Apr-2007
    FTA fever hits Korea, as negotiations on multiple trade deals underway
    As official talks on a free trade agreement (FTA) between South Korea and the U.S. have been completed, attention is focused on possible trade negotiations between Korea and other nations, such as the European Union and China.
  • 6-Apr-2007
    S Korea has no plans for renegotiation of FTA with US: vice minister
    South Korea has no plans to renegotiate a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States, a high-ranking government official said Friday.
  • 6-Apr-2007
    China, Iceland upbeat on FTA talks
    China and Iceland will kick off free trade agreement (FTA) talks next week, and are expected to make substantial progress.
  • 6-Apr-2007 IRC Americas Program
    US trade winds no longer prevail
    Lately, the US government’s ability to use free trade agreements and trade preference bills as instruments of foreign and economic policy is dwindling.
  • 6-Apr-2007 Korea Times
    Germany supports Korea-EU free trade pact
    "We will most probably see a swifter resolution of the FTA talks, compared with the Korea-US FTA, since there are less sensitivity issues between the two sides," Jurgen Wohler, secretary general of the Korea-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said. He added that it would be satisfactory if the Korea-EU FTA is agreed upon on a similar level to the KORUS FTA.
  • 6-Apr-2007 Playfuls
    Chinese Premier wants FTA with S Korea
    Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Thursday he will seek to speed up the process for a free trade agreement when he visits South Korea next week.
  • 5-Apr-2007 Korea Times
    FTA to increase jobless: Korea Labor Institute
    The Korea-US free trade agreement (FTA) will increase the number of irregular workers and jobless, according to experts and unionists.
  • 5-Apr-2007 Yonhap
    Beef from Canadian cattle cannot be imported under U.S. FTA: official
    Beef from Canadian cattle cannot be imported under the free trade pact with the United States, a Korean Agriculture Ministry official said Thursday.
  • 5-Apr-2007 Hankyoreh
    Farmer kills one, injures two over FTA
    Discouraged by the April 2 settlement of the US-Korea free trade agreement (FTA), a Korean farmer fired upon several others, killing one and injuring another two.
  • 5-Apr-2007 Yonhap
    US warns it will not sign FTA with S Korea until beef issue is resolved
    The Bush administration warned Wednesday it will not sign the free trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea unless the Asian trading partner fully reopens its beef market.
  • 5-Apr-2007 Hankyoreh
    SK, US differ as to whether Kaesong included in FTA
    Seoul says it could be deemed an ‘outward processing zone’; US says no clause in FTA refers to joint Korean industrial complex