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Korea
South Korean Prime Minister Kim Hwang-Sik was to open three days of talks in Uruguay Tuesday to advance plans for a trade pact with the region and to hear pleas to end Seoul's ban on Uruguayan beef.
South Korean Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik, who was in Brazil to attend the inauguration ceremony of President Dilma Rousseff, emphasized the need to begin FTA negotiations with Mercosur.
"The labor movement is not opposed to trade or globalization ― but our country cannot continue to negotiate trade agreements that favor corporate profits over people," says AFL-CIO
A sign-on petition from Change.org to stop US Congress from ratifiying the US-Korea FTA
Korea's Constitutional Court ruled Tuesday the Seoul-Washington free trade bill unilaterally submitted to the National Assembly in 2008 remains valid despite procedural errors.
South Korea will seek to clinch more free trade agreements (FTAs) with emerging countries, including those from South America and Africa, in a bid to boost trade, the main engine behind the country’s rapid economic growth.
A group comprising of 43 opposition lawmakers Tuesday called on the government to nullify the free trade agreement (FTA) between South Korea and the United States.
A “nonviolence movement” led by young ruling-party lawmakers, dedicated to ending brawls and fisticuffs in the National Assembly, could put the ratification of the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement in jeopardy.
The European Union is set to clear the final legal hurdles to a free trade agreement with South Korea, putting pressure on Taiwan and Japan to strike similar deals with Brussels.
The US has officially requested that Korea join the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, a multilateral free trade deal among Asia-Pacific economies, and Seoul will study the pros and cons of joining early next year.
