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Presidential office welcomes parliamentary approval of U.S. FTA
South Korea's presidential office welcomed the parliamentary approval of the free trade agreement with the United States, saying the government will continue to come up with support measures for farmers and others.
ASEAN's free trade links with US gain prominence
President Barack Obama's presence at the East Asia trade summit in Bali has reinforced US efforts to engage with Asia.
U.S. has never agreed to detrimental FTA revision: study
An examination of past free trade agreements ratified by the United States showed there have been no post-ratification amendments detrimental to the United States.
Dissension within DP over united opposition to KORUS FTA
Controversy is flaring within the Democratic Party (DP) over remarks about the South Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA) by Incheon Mayor Song Young-gil and South Chungcheong Governor Ahn Hee-jung.
Clinton to launch US, PHL partnership on trade, investments
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is visiting the Philippines on Tuesday to initiate the Obama administration’s Partnership for Growth (PFG) program for devising measures to facilitate trade and investments in conflict, poverty and graft stricken countries
40,000 against the KORUS FTA
Tens of thousands of laborers hold a “Nationwide Workers’ Rally” hosted by Korea Confederation of Trade Unions in front of Seoul City Hall, Nov. 13 against the far-reaching implications of the Korea-US FTA
American for-profit hospitals to expand under KORUS FTA: report
With the passage of the South Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA), the American medical industry expects to widen its opportunities to establish for-profit hospitals in South Korea in addition to limiting domestic authority to close them once they are established, according to a report by the US Department of Commerce released Sunday.
Japan, US at odds with PM Noda's free trade comment
Japan has denied a White House statement that Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda told US President Barack Obama he would put all goods and services on the negotiating table for trade liberalisation. The White House stood by its statement, issued on Saturday, despite Japan's denial.
S. Koreans demand rejection of US free trade pact
Tens of thousands of South Koreans, most of them members of trade unions and farmers, staged a rally on Sunday against a free trade deal with the United States, vowing to block what they called a “pernicious” pact.
China state paper accuses US over free trade deal
The US is halting the "natural expansion" of a fledgling Asia-Pacific free trade deal with hostile rhetoric towards China, Beijing's state-run Global Times said in an editorial Saturday