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South Korea offers talks on stalled US trade pact

South Korea offers talks on stalled US trade pact
AFP - Thursday, November 19

South Korea said Thursday it is ready for talks to ease US automakers' concerns about a stalled free trade agreement, as US President Barack Obama cautioned that several issues must still be settled. More »

  • Malaysia says US will abandon trade pact negotiations

    Malaysia says US will abandon trade pact negotiations

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    Malaysia said Wednesday that Washington had indicated it will abandon a bilateral free-trade deal under negotiation since 2006, and will instead work towards a regional trade pact.

  • APEC leaders vow new economic model after crisis

    AFP - Monday, November 16

    Asia-Pacific powers including the United States and China Sunday vowed to overhaul the crisis-stricken world economy, rejecting protectionism and touting plans for a gargantuan free market.

  • Obama under fire on trade as Asia-Pacific leaders meet

    Obama under fire on trade as Asia-Pacific leaders meet

    AFP - Sunday, November 15

    US President Barack Obama came under fire Saturday from Asia-Pacific leaders for backsliding on free trade at a regional summit devoted to driving the world economy out of crisis.

  • Obama boosts hopes for free trade in Asia-Pacific

    AP - Sunday, November 15

    President Barack Obama raised hopes for creating an Asia-Pacific free-trade region by announcing Saturday that the U.S. would seek to join a smaller group seen as a precursor to a broader Pacific Rim agreement.

  • New Zealand, Hong Kong agree free trade deal

    Reuters - Friday, November 13

    WELLINGTON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - New Zealand has reached a free trade agreement with Hong Kong, its ninth biggest export market and eight biggest foreign investor, aimed at boosting business worth more than NZ$1 billion ($730 million), the trade minister said on Friday.

  • Costa Rica coffee growers eye China free trade deal

    Reuters - Friday, November 13

    * Free trade deal would open China to Costa Rica coffee

  • APEC eyes trans-Pacific free-trade zone

    APEC eyes trans-Pacific free-trade zone

    AFP - Friday, November 13

    Asia-Pacific economies pledged on Thursday to pursue a giant free-trade zone covering 2.6 billion people and called for easier access to green technology to combat climate change.

  • Currency tensions flare as Obama heads to APEC

    Currency tensions flare as Obama heads to APEC

    AFP - Friday, November 13

    Asia-Pacific ministers representing 2.6 billion people pledged to pursue a vast free-trade zone on Thursday, but faced more pressing tensions over the US and Chinese currencies at annual talks.

  • SKorea, Peru seek to conclude free-trade deal

    AP - Friday, November 13

    The presidents of South Korea and Peru agreed Thursday to expand economic ties and called for efforts to quickly conclude free-trade negotiations.

  • Peru's Garcia: free trade deal with S.Korea near

    AFP - Thursday, November 12

    Peruvian President Alan Garcia said Thursday a free trade deal between his resource-rich country and South Korea is near.

  • Peru president says near trade deal with South Korea

    Reuters - Thursday, November 12

    SEOUL, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Resource-rich Peru is close to sealing a free trade agreement with South Korea that will expand their $1.6 billion a year bilateral trade, Peru's President Alan Garcia said on Thursday.

  • SKorea, Chile agree to revise free trade pact

    AFP - Wednesday, November 11

    The leaders of South Korea and Chile agreed Wednesday that a free trade pact signed five years ago should be revised to further strengthen economic ties, officials said.

  • Singapore calls for Asia-Pacific free trade area

    AP - Wednesday, November 11

    Singapore called Tuesday for creating an ambitious Asia-Pacific free trade area comprising about half of global trade, as it warned nations that any backsliding on trade liberalization would be disastrous.

  • SKorea wants Obama to be aggressive on trade pact

    AFP - Tuesday, November 10

    South Korea wants US President Barack Obama to push more aggressively for approval of a free trade agreement the two countries signed more than two years ago, a Seoul official said Monday.