Social Impacts of FTA Sample Clauses

Social Impacts of FTA. The goals of recent FTAs — particularly those promoted by the United States — go well beyond removal of trade barriers to promote trade in goods and services: they include provisions that are designed to affect a broader range of domestic policies, including enforcement of intellectual property rights, protection of investment activities, establishment of environmental and labor standards, transparency in applications of domestic laws and regulations, and establishment of investment dispute settlement processes outside national court systems. This type of FTA is designed to bring a range of relevant laws and practices of the signatory 47 The progress of Korea’s various FTA negotiations is chronicled by MOFAT. See MOFAT, FTA Status of Korea, xxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xx.xx/english/econtrade/fta/issues/ index2.jsp. The negotiations with Japan have been suspended over agricultural issues since November 2004, though “working level consultations” were reestablished from 2008 onwards. Yon-Xx Xxx, Korea, Japan Struggling to Resume FTA Talks, KOR. TIMES, June 25, 2008, available at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx/www/news/nation/2010/11/ 242_26529.html; see also MOFAT, FTA Status of Korea: Korea-Japan FTA, xxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xx.xx/english/econtrade/fta/consideration/Japan/index.jsp. 48 See Yoo, China, supra note 22, at 1. A joint feasibility study of the China-Korea FTA, composed by academics and representatives of government and industry from both countries, was completed on May 28, 2010 after three and half years of work. They produced a report showing that the FTA will contribute to economic cooperation between the two countries and the economic integration of the Northeast Asian region. 00 XXXXXX XX XXX XXXXXX XXXXXX TRADE REPRESENTATIVE, Free Trade Agreements, xxxx://xxx.xxxx.xxx/Trade_Agreements/Bilateral/Section_Index.html. 50 Id. 51 Id. 52 XXXXXXXX-XXXXX, ISSUES, supra note 18. trading partners in line with those of the United States in order to create a favorable regulatory environment for U.S. businesses.53 Provisions of the comprehensive FTA also carry certain social and political preferences, such as environmental and labor standards, which go beyond the realm of traditional trade liberalization.54 Thus, the comprehensive FTA has potentially significant consequences not only for trade practices of the signatory countries, but also for their overall economic, cultural, and social policies.55 For example, the United States demanded that the screen quota in Korea be red...
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