ISDS Case Map
Korea
President Roh Moo-hyun said Saturday that the government will consider signing a free trade agreement (FTA) with the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
Southeast Asian trade ministers, pressured by China and India's growing economic might, will gather this week in Manila to chart plans to accelerate their daunting ambition of creating a European-style economic community.
They will also assess progress of ASEAN's various free trade negotiations.
Rice, the staple food for much of Asia, will doubtless be a tough issue in negotiations on a US-South Korea free-trade agreement (FTA) and could be an issue in US-Malaysia FTA talks, US experts say.
A summary of the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is expected to be presented by the Ministry of Finance and Economy to the National Assembly next week, while an exchange of agreement drafts with the US is expected on May 19.
The 16th Inter-Pacific Bar Association Conference, held in Sydney last week, provided a forum to illustrate the enormous impact FTAs have on the economic and social aspects of their respective countries and the legal issues underlying them.
Thailand is the only Asean member not planning to sign the free-trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea and will thus lose export competitiveness, due to higher import tariffs.
Having concluded free trade agreements with SAARC, Singapore and Thailand, India is pursuing similar arrangements with several other Asian countries, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, said here on Friday.
Caricom and the Republic of Korea have identified seven areas of cooperation to be pursued including the promotion, expansion and diversification of trade and investment flows; and the exchange of views and information on measures to facilitate access to their respective markets, Caricom Secretary-General Edwin Carrington said.
When I signed on to be a US diplomat almost 30 years ago, I never imagined it would lead to playing football with a Super Bowl MVP. Yet two weeks ago, I found myself standing in my living room in Seoul launching a pass to Hines Ward, the Korean American star of the Pittsburgh Steelers and MVP of Superbowl XL.
South Korea's finance minister says the country will seek to resume its stalled negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) with Japan after wrapping up a pact with the United States.
