ISDS Case Map
Korea
"Ever since President Roh Moo Hyun revealed his intent to pursue a FTA with the United States, every aspect of Korean society from labor, agriculture, entertainment, civic groups, and health sectors have voiced their opposition to the proposed deal."
Seoul and Washington have just launched free trade talks. The negotiations will be complex, acerbic and angry -- and will finally bury the Doha Round of World Trade Organization talks.
The first round of free-trade negotiations between Korea and the US failed to produce agreement on products made at the joint-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex in North Korea.
Leaders of the four main labor federations in the United States and Korea -- Change to Win, AFL-CIO, KCTU and FKTU -- today joined forces to tell their governments to slow down negotiations of a US-Korea Free Trade agreement (KORUS FTA).
Policy brief from the US-based Insitute for International Economics.
Here are some of points that need to be cleared up about the US-Korea FTA according to The Korea Times
The United States and South Korea kick-started the first round of talks in Washington Monday toward a bilateral free trade agreement amid cheers from business groups and denunciations from labour groups and farmers from both nations.
Koreans descended on Washington this weekend to oppose a proposed US-South Korea "free" trade deal. Listen to the audio report from WSQT Radio.
South Korean consumers will pay more for pharmaceuticals if US demands on a free trade agreement between the two countries are met, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
US Congress has strengthened pressure on negotiators to take a hard-line stance in the South Korea-US free trade agreement (FTA) talks.
