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Korea
South Korea said Wednesday it will hold a public hearing next week to discuss a possible free trade agreement the the European Union.
Protesters against a free trade agreement (FTA) between South Korea and the United States are planning to bring in hundreds of chartered buses to form a blockade in downtown Seoul during an upcoming demonstration.
South Korea's local governments were found to have 33 ordinances that may clash with elements of a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States.
The Korean government will stop providing financial support to civic groups openly opposing the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between South Korea and the United States, the Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs said yesterday.
About 15,000 South Korean workers demonstrated in the capital Seoul on Sunday, demanding the government stop free-trade talks with the United States.
Korea and the United States plan to hold talks next week on drug policy issues surrounding an envisioned bilateral free trade agreement (FTA).
With the trade-friendly Republican Party losing its grip on the House of Representatives for the first time in over a decade, there's growing concern that the ongoing free-trade talks between Seoul and Washington will face tougher conditions.
"Services have become a huge part of what developed countries are exporting," said Steve Norton, spokesman for the Office of the US Trade Representative in Washington. "The US permits foreign-licensed lawyers to work here, and it is reasonable that reciprocal treatment by Korea should be given to US lawyers."
The EU delegates and South Korean officials will discuss levying a preferential tariff on Kaesong products for a South Korea-EU free trade agreement (FTA).
South Korea and the United States ended five-day talks on a free trade deal Friday with little headway.
