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China, Iceland upbeat on FTA talks
6-Apr-2007    
China and Iceland will kick off free trade agreement (FTA) talks next week, and are expected to make substantial progress.
US trade winds no longer prevail
6-Apr-2007     IRC Americas Program
Lately, the US government's ability to use free trade agreements and trade preference bills as instruments of foreign and economic policy is dwindling.
Germany supports Korea-EU free trade pact
6-Apr-2007     Korea Times
"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.
Chinese Premier wants FTA with S Korea
6-Apr-2007     Playfuls
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.
FTA to increase jobless: Korea Labor Institute
5-Apr-2007     Korea Times
The Korea-US free trade agreement (FTA) will increase the number of irregular workers and jobless, according to experts and unionists.
Beef from Canadian cattle cannot be imported under U.S. FTA: official
5-Apr-2007     Yonhap
Beef from Canadian cattle cannot be imported under the free trade pact with the United States, a Korean Agriculture Ministry official said Thursday.
Farmer kills one, injures two over FTA
5-Apr-2007     Hankyoreh
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.
US warns it will not sign FTA with S Korea until beef issue is resolved
5-Apr-2007     Yonhap
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.
SK, US differ as to whether Kaesong included in FTA
5-Apr-2007     Hankyoreh
Seoul says it could be deemed an ‘outward processing zone'; US says no clause in FTA refers to joint Korean industrial complex
South Korea and India seek to cement closer economic partnership
5-Apr-2007     Playfuls
South Korea and India agreed to work towards sealing a comprehensive economic partnership agreement by the end of this year, the Seoul Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.