News on the Korea FTA
BusinessWeek – Julianna Goldman, Hans Nichols
Financial Times – Alan Beattie, Chris Giles
US business lobby supports Obama’s plans for KORUS FTA ratification
Yonhap News – Hwang Doo-hyong
The Hill, July 1, 2010
US Vows New Push in Korean Trade Pact
Wall Street Journal – Elizabeth Williamson
Obama will resume talks on South Korea trade
The Associated Press – Martin Crutsinger
US To Complete FTA With South Korea By November
CattleNetwork.com
New York Times – Sewell Chan, Jackie Calmes
The Korea Herald
Some of the problematic leftovers from NAFTA include . . .
Foreign Investor Rights. The investment chapter still affords foreign investors greater rights than those enjoyed by U.S. investors. Not one word was changed in the Korea FTAs’ foreign investor chapters that promote off-shoring, and subject our domestic environmental, zoning, health and other public interest policies to challenge by foreign investors in foreign tribunals. The Korea FTA also allows challenges by foreign investors in foreign tribunals of timber, mining, construction and other concession contracts with the U.S. federal government.
More Background on the Korea FTA
Reports & Fact Sheets
Welcoming a New Day on Trade and Globalisation Policy: Comments on the Korea Free Trade Agreement
Citizens Trade Campaign, September 10, 2009
Radio Program: Labour vs. US-Korea Free Trade Agreement Women’s International News Gathering Service
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The United States Needs a New Pro-Environment Trade Policy
Amazon Watch, American Lands Alliance, ForestEthics, Greenpeace USA, Rainforest Action Network, October 5, 2007
IBEW Legislative Fact Sheet on Trade August 2007
The US-Korea Free Trade Agreement, Annex 22-B: A Missed Opportunity on Workers’ Rights in North Korea
Human Rights Watch, August 2, 2007
Trade Deficit in Food Safety
Public Citizen, July 2007
Evaluation of the Korea-U.S. FTA
The Korean Alliance against the Korea-U.S. FTA, June 11, 2007
News & Opinion
Obama to Discuss with President Lee Timetable for Korea FTA’s Ratification: White House Yonhap, November 14, 2009
Members Call for Fairness in Korean and Japanese Auto Markets
Michigan News, November 10, 2009
Ministry Threatens to Blacklist Firms Paying Salaries to Full-Time Unionists Joong Ang Daily, November 9, 2009
Levin Says Korea Auto Barriers Need to Be Fixed; Kirk Says Proposals Being Developed
Daily Report for Executives, November 6, 2009
Kirk Says Korea FTA Issues Must Be Resolved, Business Gears Up Inside US Trade, November 6, 2009
Obama Poised to Discuss Korean Trade Agreement, but Lawmakers are Anxious CQ Today, November 6, 2009
USTR Kirk: US Isn’t Standing Still On Korea Trade Agreement
Dow Jones, November 5, 2009
South Korea-US FTA Will Be Top Agenda When Obama Visits Seoul Bernama, November 5, 2009
Obama yet to decide to push FTA ratification
Joong Ang Daily, November 4, 2009
USTR Kirk sets speech on long-delayed Korea pact
Reuters, October 30, 2009
EU-Korea trade deal put pressure on Obama to act
Reuters, October 15, 2009
U.S. Lawmakers Urge Swif Ratification of Korea-U.S. FTA
Chosun Ilbo, October 8, 2009
US Debates Continue on FTAs with Colombia, South Korea
ICTSD, September 16, 2009
USTR Receives Public Comments Concerning the Pending Colombia and Korea Free Trade Agreements
Office of the US Trade Representative, September 15, 2009
S. Korea reaffirms ‘no renegotiation’ on U.S. FTA
Yonhap News Agency, July 15, 2009
The Korea FTA is an ending point for the previous administration, not a starting point for the new one.