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The Ontario government is demanding that Ottawa exclude the auto sector from free trade talks with Korea because of potential harm to the industry.
It was 9:00 pm local time on the second day of the third round of Korea-US FTA talks.
Two major coalitions have formed to oppose the KORUS FTA and organize protest activities during the negotiations: the Korean Alliance Against Korea-US FTA (KoA), based in South Korea, and Korean Americans Against War And Neoliberalism (KAWAN), based in the United States.
The US has reportedly insisted on excluding its state governments from many of the stipulations of the free trade agreement (FTA) currently being negotiated with South Korea.
South Korean officials expressed disappointment Thursday at what they believed were low tariff concessions suggested by the US in free trade talks under way in Seattle.
The Federation of Korean Industries, Korea's biggest business lobby group, has raised its voice against the United States' demand for stricter rules on chaebols or family-run conglomerates in the free trade agreement talks between the two countries.
Free trade negotiators from South Korea and the United States ended the first day of talks Wednesday, sending mixed signals that they achieved "some progress" but also faced "some challenges."
Korean workers and farmers take the front line of a demonstration Wednesday against U.S. trade talks with South Korea. The midday march briefly stopped downtown traffic as demonstrators laid down in the streets around Westlake Park.
A group of 23 South Korean lawmakers on Thursday filed a suit with South Korea's Constitutional Court, claiming that President Roh Moo-hyun's administration's move to conclude a free trade agreement (FTA) with the U.S. is unconstitutional.
We've all been witness to the Bush administration's half-truths. Now, it's the same old song and dance with the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (KORUS-FTA) talks that are taking place in Seattle this week. While the administration boisterously makes claims about the wonders of free-trade agreements, the real story behind the rhetoric is: undemocratic, unfair and unconscionable.
