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Thousands of farmers and factory workers took to the streets of Seoul on Wednesday to protest against a free trade agreement (FTA) between South Korea and the US.
Sentiment against the bilateral free trade agreement currently being negotiated between the US and South Korean governments is growing. As it does, so is the repression against those who are leading the movement.
The influential US senator Max Baucus, nicknamed “Mr. Beef”, on Sunday said Korea should completely lift its ban on US beef imports if it wants a free trade agreement with the US.
Long a bipartisan crusade in Washington, “free trade” is now set to face some overdue opposition. And there's no better time to start the rumble than in the lame duck session of Congress.
Shaun Donnelly, assistant US trade representative for Europe and the Middle East, and Lebanese Minister of Economy and Trade Sami Haddad signed a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) on Wednesday to provide a forum for expanding and strengthening bilateral trade and investment relations between the two countries.
Dozens of South Korean artists took to the streets Friday to oppose a free trade deal with the United States, adding their voice to protests just days before the trade talks were to resume.
While the US has ruled out the possibility of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with India, it is prepared to sort out market access issues with the country on a bilateral basis.
Australia may be forced to rush through inadequately tested and unsafe medical nanotherapies because of its free trade agreement with the US, a health technology regulation expert says.
The Korean government repression that began on November 22nd is continuing to spread like a forest fire. However, the people's struggle to block the KorUS FTA will not end here.
