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A landmark NAFTA decision this week dismissing allegations that Canada Post is competing unfairly has significantly restricted the rights of foreign investors to elbow their way into markets served by Crown corporations and other government enterprises.
The price of Korean cattle fell for the first time in eight years below that of bulls. The drop is largely attributable to concerns that the cattle market will likely be hard-hit by a recently signed free trade agreement (FTA) between South Korea and the United States.
Critics of a U.S. trade deal with Peru say House Democrats are violating their party's principle that social security systems should not be privatized by backing a deal that could lock in a partially privatized system in Peru.
Senior U.S. diplomatic and trade officials told a congressional panel Wednesday that a free trade agreement with South Korea is important for U.S. interests in Asia.
On April 1, the US and South Korea signed a free trade agreement (FTA), the most important such pact for both countries in a long time. At stake is a bilateral trade of $70bn, the alleviation of a US deficit of over $13bn, and a potential model for more open markets in other Asian countries.
The South Korean government has yet to receive a formal US request for additional negotiations on a tentative bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) and will push to finalize the deal by the end of this month, the office of President Roh Moo-hyun said Wednesday.
A US congressman on Monday demanded changes to a tentative free trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea that he argued could allow the Asian trading partner to export North Korea-made goods to the United States.
The labor unions of Hyundai Motor and sister company Kia Motors have invited public criticism by deciding to stage a "political" strike against the recently concluded Korea-US free trade agreement.
US-Kuwaiti trade talks kicked off yesterday at the experts level tackling a number of economic issues within the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) signed between the two countries in February 2004.
It is billed as a "competitiveness" forum bringing business and government officials from across the Western Hemisphere to Atlanta with the goal of boosting trade, investment and livelihoods for the region's 800 million citizens.
