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Korea, US to forge additional understandings on beef deal
12-Jun-2008    
US Ambassador Alexander Vershbow said Thursday the United States and South Korea will come up with a solution to the ongoing controversy over Seoul's decision to resume imports of American beef thorough "additional understandings"' to their deal signed in April. Vershbow, however, ruled out renegotiating the deal, saying it could damage the national interests of the two countries ― including the possible failure to ratify the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
Market Access for Trade in Goods & Competition Policy in EPAs
11-Jun-2008    
Two Analyses by South Centre on the initialled Interim EPAs and the Caribbean EPA
Oxfam: rethink unfair EU trade deals before it's too late
11-Jun-2008     Oxfam press release
Oxfam launched a new research paper today at UNCTAD XII in Ghana. The paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the proposed (I)EPA texts and makes a number of recommendations: to evaluate the deals before they are signed, to provide an alternative for countries that choose not to sign and to renegotiate contentious clauses.
GCC, EFTA to sign FTA by year-end
11-Jun-2008     Arabian Business
A free trade agreement between the GCC and the European Free Trade Association could be signed by the end of 2008, the official Saudi Press Agency reported on Monday.
Massive candlelight protests draw one million nationwide
11-Jun-2008     The Hankyoreh
Up to a million Korean citizens from all walks of life participated in candlelight protests held on the 21st anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising, with a total of 118 candlelight protests held across the country on June 10.
Progressive Dems break with trade consensus, demand a change of course
10-Jun-2008     AlterNet
Rep. Michael Michaud and Sen. Sherrod Brown, both US Democrats, have introduced legislation to put the brakes on US free trade agreements by triggering a review of existing agreements as well as providing a process for renegotiating them.
1 million people vs US beef
10-Jun-2008    
On 10 June 2008, Korean social movements resisting the re-opening of their country's borders to US beef under a bilateral deal signed by the two governments are holding a watershed rally where they aim to get one million people in the streets.
"Korean people vs US beef" video interview
10-Jun-2008    
Video interview with Geum Soon Yoon, member of Korean Peasant Woman's Association, taped on 3 June 2008.
Canadian opposition slams Colombia free trade deal
10-Jun-2008     Reuters
Canadian opposition legislators on Monday strongly criticized Ottawa for agreeing to the terms of a free trade deal with Colombia, suggesting it had only done so because the move would help US President George W. Bush.
Japan vows to ratify free trade accord with ASEAN
10-Jun-2008     Hemscot
Japan's government vowed Tuesday to ratify a free-trade accord with ASEAN by extending a parliament session hampered by feuding with the opposition.