Negotiations over free trade agreement between the U.S. and two of its crucial trading partners of Asia have failed to yield results. In the recently held talks between the U.S. officials and their counterparts from South Korea and Malaysia no major breakthrough was made as disputes over access to k[...]
Posts Tagged ‘South Korea’
July 1st, 2012 - 11:05 am § in News Of Economy
US free trade negotiations fails to yield results, White House still upbeat
June 24th, 2012 - 10:55 am § in News Of Economy
South Korea’s industrial output declines
South Korea’s industrial output is declining, adding to signs of slow growth in Asia’s third-largest economy. Production dropped by 0.3 percent from November. The government’s move to tighten lending regulations proved disastrous. Bank of Korea raised interest rates by 4.5 percent,[...]
June 18th, 2012 - 10:45 am § in News Of Economy
Beef row could overshadow US-Korea trade
South Korea rejects three successive US beef shipments as fragmented bone were found in the consignments. South Korea agreed last year to lift a three-year ban on beef imports from the US after Seoul conceded, allowing boneless beef, as it was banned after an outbreak of mad-cow disease in the Unite[...]
May 19th, 2012 - 1:37 pm § in News Of Economy
South Korea, US enter final stage of talks on free trade agreement amid huge protests
Senior negotiators from South Korea and the United States have entered the final full day of free trade talks on Friday, in quest to resolve the remaining hindrance for an agreement before a weekend deadline. As the deadline increasingly becoming visible for the potentially historic free-trade talks[...]
May 17th, 2012 - 1:33 pm § in News Of Economy
US-South Korea free trade deal comes under scanner
The recently concluded a landmark free trade agreement between the US and South Korea is drawing intense criticism in both countries. U.S. automakers, farmers and lawmakers have expressed dissatisfaction to the trade agreement the Bush administration worked out with South Korea, signaling it may stu[...]
May 1st, 2012 - 1:07 pm § in News Of Economy
EU, South Korea to launch free trade talks
South Korea and the European Union are set to launch free trade talks today, a deal both countries have said would encourage bilateral commerce and complement efforts to forge a global trade pact. South Korea, fresh from concluding landmark trade deal with the US, expects to become a free trade hub [...]