Posts Tagged With: FTA

South Korea and China To Begin Steps To Negotiate Free Trade Agreement

» by GI Korea January 10th, 2012 at 3:14 am » Comments (3)

Any bets if we will see any massive anti-China FTA protests in Korea with this news?: President Lee Myung-bak agreed to begin the necessary "domestic procedures" for opening formal negotiations on ...more »

Picture of the Day: Korean Parliament Ratifies KORUS FTA After Tear Gas Attack

» by GI Korea November 23rd, 2011 at 12:56 pm » Comments (12)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Rep. Kim Seon-dong of South Korea's progressive minor opposition Democratic Labor Party explodes tear gas in front of the speaker's chair to block the National Assembly's ...more »

Quote of the Week: Kim Hyun-jong On the KORUS FTA

» by GI Korea November 11th, 2011 at 7:55 am » Comments (6)

Does anyone doubt that this is what is behind the US-ROK FTA protests? Kim Hyun-jong, the ex-trade minister who led the FTA negotiations with the U.S. under the Roh Moo-hyun administration, ...more »

Korean Left Wing Politicians Organize To Fight FTA Ratification

» by GI Korea October 19th, 2011 at 10:37 am » Comments (6)

These actions taken by the Korean left is not surprising: All hopes for a smooth ratification of the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement were abandoned yesterday when its opponents occupied a committee ...more »

US & Korea Set To Pass KORUS FTA Next Month

» by GI Korea August 4th, 2011 at 5:35 pm » Comments (2)

It will be interesting to see if the KORUS FTA does pass next month: The government has welcomed the news that Washington laid a path to deal with the overdue ratification ...more »

US & South Korea Pass Free Trade Agreement

» by GI Korea December 4th, 2010 at 2:54 am » Comments (42)

For everyone that is a fan of Korean cars they are about to get cheaper for those of you living in the US in five years: [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="213" caption="US ...more »

US Tries to Push Further Negotiations On ROKUS FTA

» by GI Korea February 13th, 2010 at 7:14 am » Comments (4)

Does anyone have any bets on when this FTA will ever be done?: The U.S. government has been reviewing concerns expressed by America’s auto industry in relation to the Korea-U.S. free ...more »

South Korea & EU Sign Free Trade Deal

» by GI Korea October 19th, 2009 at 2:41 am » Comments (13)

It will be interesting to see if this FTA does put any pressure on the President to get a deal done with the South Koreans or not? I doubt it: President ...more »

Korea Continues to Push US On Free Trade Deal

» by GI Korea April 10th, 2009 at 4:01 am » Comments (3)

The South Korean trade minister Kim Jong-hoon has an interview in the LA Times in regards to the status of the US-ROK FTA. Here is what he had to say ...more »

FTA Talks Between Korea and Australia Announced

» by GI Korea March 5th, 2009 at 10:48 am » Comments (1)

So what are the odds of massive anti-Australian beef protests starting up now?: President Lee Myung-bak and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced the start of bilateral free trade talks in ...more »