Expect Resistance & Library Autonomous Zone » Politics http://expectresistance.info ideas, issues, and insights on the library high seas Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:57:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 FTA can be worse than IMF for South Koreans http://expectresistance.info/2007/01/25/fta-can-be-worse-than-imf-for-south-koreans/ http://expectresistance.info/2007/01/25/fta-can-be-worse-than-imf-for-south-koreans/#comments Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:55:20 +0000 ShinJoung http://expectresistance.info/?p=866 I have been trying to find out what happened with the 6th Korea/US FTA negotiation which just ended. However, there is little coverage in the western media except one tiny article (With New Urgency, U.S. and South Korea seek Free Trade Deal) from the NY times (Jan 16, 2007) I found more detailed information through [...] Related posts:
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I have been trying to find out what happened with the 6th Korea/US FTA negotiation which just ended. However, there is little coverage in the western media except one tiny article (With New Urgency, U.S. and South Korea seek Free Trade Deal) from the NY times (Jan 16, 2007)
I found more detailed information through a few Korean news sources and it doesn’t look good for Korea. Like any other typical FTA “negotiation,” the U.S. has been strongly demanding Korea to open various markets such as agriculture including beef, services, intellectual property rights etc.

Korean Alliance against KorUS FTA told that Korea dosen’t have any proposals to leverage the negotiation. A report written by 17 experts indicates that about 15 percent, or 169, of the 1,163 domestic laws conflict with the contents of the FTA negotiations which means that Korean domestic law will need to be amended to align with the FTA.

An example that proves this point: one study suggests that 15 percent of Korean laws would conflict with an FTA with the U.S. The Korean Constitution stipulates that even without the passage of additional legislation, any international treaty ratified by the National Assembly is as valid as domestic law. What that means is that the moment a free trade pact is signed with the U.S., 169 Korean laws would be incapacitated. Each is a law that has been enacted amid conflicting interests, after considerable discussion, agonizing, and compromise: a process surely causing political conflict.

Just think about what happened in Mexico, Argentina, etc. Based on their experiences, Koreans need to continue to mobilize citizens and fight against the FTA.

More articles on Korea/US FTA

U.S. reaffirms beef issue must be resolved before FTA conclusion

US-Korea FTA’s Public conclusion


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]]> http://expectresistance.info/2007/01/25/fta-can-be-worse-than-imf-for-south-koreans/feed/ 0 South Korea – U.S. FTA Jan 15-19 http://expectresistance.info/2007/01/14/south-korea-us-fta-jan-15-19/ http://expectresistance.info/2007/01/14/south-korea-us-fta-jan-15-19/#comments Sun, 14 Jan 2007 21:55:58 +0000 ShinJoung http://expectresistance.info/?p=865 The 6th round of the South Korea / U.S. free trade agreement will be held in Shilla Hotel from Jan 15 to Jan 19 in Korea. In the past, there have been mass protests in Korea against unfair Kor/U.S. FTA and a massive protest is expected during this round as well. Last year, the U.S. [...] Related posts:
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The 6th round of the South Korea / U.S. free trade agreement will be held in Shilla Hotel from Jan 15 to Jan 19 in Korea. In the past, there have been mass protests in Korea against unfair Kor/U.S. FTA and a massive protest is expected during this round as well.
Last year, the U.S. pressured the Korean government to open various korean markets including rice, film, auto, beef etc.
After lifting the ban on beef imports caused by a case of mad cow disease , South Korea has since sent back three shipments of U.S. beef after finding bone fragments in the meat. U.S. officials protested that South Korea employed excessively strict rules to block U.S. imports.

Various Korean activist communities have strongly advocated against the FTA saying that this unilateral method of trade agreement has been detrimental to Korean culture, economy and public health. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, 15,000 riot police will be on the street to “protect” the meeting venue.

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“The Defense Department has proposed new restrictions on access by foreign researchers to sensitive technology useful to national security. The proposed rules would require foreign researchers to wear badges and would require laboratories to contain segregated work areas to control the scientists’ access to the technology. ” excerpt from Monday, July 18, 2005 Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription requried).

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