Korea


US Council for International Business (USCIB) comments on US-Korea FTA
24 March 2006 letter from USCIB to US Trade Representative's office regarding the proposed US-Korea Free Trade Agreement.
Canada Agri-Food Trade Alliance: Comments on free trade negotiations with Korea
Canada Agri-Food Trade Alliance Comments on Free Trade Negotiations with Korea, House Standing Committee on International Trade, June 14 2006.
Mandelson call for bilateral EU-Asian trade agreements
Peter Mandelson, the European Union trade commissioner, will today call for the EU to negotiate new bilateral trade deals with countries in Asia, a further sign that hopes of a successful global trade agreement are dimming. The targets: India, Korea and ASEAN.
USTR, S Korea trade minister renew support for trade pact
The top trade officials for the US and South Korea renewed their support for a free trade agreement between the two countries, at a meeting in Washington this week, the US Trade Representative's office said Thursday.
Top S.K. trade negotiator sees deal by March
South Korea's top trade negotiator Kim Jong-hoon said that there should be a "tangible" agreement by March next year in the ongoing trade negotiations with the United States.
Japan to prepare safeguard against imports from Philippines
Japan's Ministry of Finance said Wednesday that it plans to amend customs-related laws and ordinances to enable Japan to invoke emergency restrictions on imports from the Philippines.
Labor leader explains anti-FTA stance
Interview with the president of AFL-CIO, John Sweeney, on the US-Korea FTA.
U.S. presses Korea to improve ag offer in trade talks
South Korea needs to make a much better offer to open up its agricultural sector to U.S. imports in talks aimed at reaching a free trade agreement by the end of the year, a U.S. trade official said on Monday.
Political leadership needed to iron out differences in FTA
The third round of Korea-US free trade agreement (FTA) talks in Seattle ended Sunday without producing any practical progress on core issues. While the negotiation result is disappointing, it is not totally unexpected, given the inhospitable conditions of the negotiations.
‘Kaesong Complex Agreement Unlikely in FTA Talks'
Many U.S. experts think South Korea and the United States are unlikely to produce an agreement regarding the Kaesong Industrial Complex in North Korea in the free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations, the results of a survey showed yesterday.