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Korea should continue to reject the occasional box of beef -- the containers of boneless meat that accidentally contain bones or spinal material -- and let the rest go through. Their buying public can make the decision about the quality of the product. At the same time, American beef packers should continue to work on their quality control procedures and get it right before the KORUS FTA is finalized.
Korea's Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry on Wednesday suspended quarantine inspections of all US beef imports after again finding banned vertebral bones in a shipment
Between the 9th and 11th of September, 2007, Auckland will host the second annual "United States-New Zealand Partnership Forum". We intend to protest and if possible shut down this forum and disrupt the related activities and events.
Public Citizen has published a new report on the connection between trade agreements that limit US food safety policies to facilitate trade and the growing safety threat posed by US food imports
A Congressional Research Service report for US Congress
The top opposition leader in Costa Rica said he wants to renegotiate a free-trade agreement with the US, citing as a precedent the US revamping of a similar agreement with Peru.
The struggle against the Korea-US FTA faces the difficult challenge of stopping its ratification.
The United States is still interested in a free trade deal with Thailand, the US embassy said Tuesday, adding that a top trade official had been misquoted as saying the deal was off.
The United States has begun incorporating a revised intellectual property and health policy into its bilateral trade deals. But although the overall softer approach towards its partners may improve access to medicines, the debate on the impact of the US free trade agreements on public health in developing countries is not over, according to close observers.
Free-trade agreements can create new opportunities for consumers and exporters, but making them law isn't always easy.
