7-Jun-2006
The first round of free-trade negotiations between Korea and the US failed to produce agreement on products made at the joint-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex in North Korea.
7-Jun-2006
Change to Win
Leaders of the four main labor federations in the United States and Korea -- Change to Win, AFL-CIO, KCTU and FKTU -- today joined forces to tell their governments to slow down negotiations of a US-Korea Free Trade agreement (KORUS FTA).
7-Jun-2006
AP
President-elect Alan Garcia on Tuesday stressed his support for free markets and said he will vigorously court foreign investment for Peru, but he said he plans to renegotiate a trade accord with the United States signed by the outgoing government.
7-Jun-2006
IIE
Policy brief from the US-based Insitute for International Economics.
7-Jun-2006
Korea Times
Here are some of points that need to be cleared up about the US-Korea FTA according to The Korea Times
6-Jun-2006
IPS
The United States and South Korea kick-started the first round of talks in Washington Monday toward a bilateral free trade agreement amid cheers from business groups and denunciations from labour groups and farmers from both nations.
6-Jun-2006
Indymedia DC
Koreans descended on Washington this weekend to oppose a proposed US-South Korea "free" trade deal. Listen to the audio report from WSQT Radio.
6-Jun-2006
Hankyoreh
South Korean consumers will pay more for pharmaceuticals if US demands on a free trade agreement between the two countries are met, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
5-Jun-2006
MCOT
Thailand's caretaker government has been urged to defer its conclusion of bilateral free trade area (FTA) agreements with the United States and Japan until a newly-elected administration takes office.
5-Jun-2006
Hankyoreh
US Congress has strengthened pressure on negotiators to take a hard-line stance in the South Korea-US free trade agreement (FTA) talks.