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A top Republican lawmaker urged President Barack Obama's administration on Wednesday to pursue trade talks with Egypt to help shape the nascent democracy after a tumultuous year.
Thousands of people rallied in downtown Seoul Saturday in protest of a free trade agreement (FTA) South Korea has signed with the United States, arguing that it unfairly favors Washington.
The scholars' analysis concludes that the "US proposals, if adopted,
would upset the current international framework balancing the minimum
standards for exclusive rights for media and technology owners, on the
one hand, and the access rights of the public, competitors, innovators
and creators, on the other."
Commentators are worried that the US may be pressuring countries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) - an Asia-Pacific-wide free trade pact - to abolish the labelling of GM foods, which it regards as a trade barrier.
Canadian company, the Loewen Group has found itself embroiled in a legal battle after investing in a U.S. funeral home project. Loewen was charged by the Mississippi state court with violating its contract.
Incheon District Court Senior Judge Kim Ha-neul plans to finish drafting a petition for the establish of a judiciary task force on the South Korea-United States Free Trade Agreement and submit it to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court as early as Tuesday, sources reported.
South Korea's foreign ministry was ordered on Friday to make public its correction of errors made in translating the country's English-based free trade agreement (FTA) with the U.S. into the local language, taking side with a liberal lawyers' group.
Who holds legal interpretation authority for the South Korea-United States Free Trade Agreement? The clear answer is the judiciary. Treaties with countries overseas are afforded equal treatment to domestic laws.
Judges are currently involved in a heated online and in-person debate over comments about the South Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement made by Incheon District Court Senior Judge Kim Ha-neul.
On Saturday afternoon, an anti-KORUS FTA rally will be held at Gwanghwamun Square with an estimated attendance of 100 thousand individuals
