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Korea
On the eve of the 12th round of negotiations between Canada and Korea for a trade deal, the Canadian Labour Congress and Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, representing over four million workers in both countries, call on our respective governments to immediately halt these trade talks.
South Korean Trade Minister Kim Jong-hoon warned Tuesday that the United States could lose out on the "golden opportunity" to secure a firm bridgehead in the Korean market ahead of the European Union, Canada and China if the American parliament fails to ratify a bilateral free trade agreement.
The European Union's top negotiator in free trade talks with South Korea said Korea was proposing measures that would hurt European car exporters, possibly undermining the chances of a deal.
Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said his country and South Korea aren't close to a free-trade agreement because the Asian nation hasn't pledged adequate access to its market.
Ford may redirect future investment away from Canada if Ottawa concludes a free-trade deal with South Korea that doesn't open up that country to auto imports, the company's top Canadian executive said yesterday.
South Korea has been urged to strengthen its intellectual property rules in order to sign a free trade agreement with the European Union.
The deal is the third part of a four-step process to reach a "full" Korea-ASEAN FTA by next year.
Free trade negotiations between South Korea and the European Union have hit a snag as both sides failed to make headway over auto-related technical standards, one of the stickiest issues in their trade talks.
Korea-GCC FTA preliminary talks will be held on November 21 at Riyadh with a view to initiating FTA negotiations in 2008.
Korea and Kyrgyzstan signed a bilateral investment treaty and economic cooperation pact
