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Korea
The lead US negotiator on a free trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea said Friday the two countries can meet the end-of-March deadline, although they "still have a long way to go."
In talks with a farmers' group in Changnyeong, South Gyeongsang Province, Park Hong-soo said beef must not be sacrificed for the sake of a possible free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States.
South Korea's trade minister on Friday defended his country's negotiations with the United States for a free trade agreement, saying that he disagreed with some claims that Seoul is getting an unfair deal with Washington.
As free trade talks with the United States near a conclusion, calls for reconsideration have intensified among liberal South Korean legislators Friday when they vowed to boycott the government's "arrogant" push to sign a deal without public consensus.
Thirty-eight lawmakers from five different political parties gathered Friday at the National Assembly to urge the government to scrap its negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States.
South Korea's current political landscape is reflected in opinions held about the proposed SK-US free trade agreement (FTA).
A glimpse into what has gone on behind closed doors between Korean and US trade negotiators
With the slated April 2 deadline for a free trade agreement (FTA) between South Korea and the US just a few weeks away, all eyes are now focused on how the governments of the two nations will persuade their citizens to accept a free trade deal which could affect many people's daily lives.
The South Korean and U.S. negotiators on March 12 completed their eighth and final round of official talks on a proposed free trade agreement (FTA), as Seoul compromised on a number of Washington's demands.
South Korea's chief agriculture negotiator for free trade talks with the United States reiterated Wednesday that key agricultural goods must be excluded from a bilateral trade deal.
