Christine Ahn's Five Myths
Christine Ahn prepared the leaflet Debunking Five Myths aboutthe Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (Korus FTA) for the progressive/left, Oakland Institute.
The five myths:
Categories
- Agriculture
- Beef
- Cars and trucks
- Environmental impacts
- Health
- Implementation
- Income, Employment, Welfare Impacts
- Intellectual property
- Investment
- Kaesong
- Korea
- Korean economy
- Korean trade policy
- Labor issues
- Manufactures
- Negotiations
- North Korea
- Pharmaceuticals
- Political economy
- Political/diplomatic objectives
- Ratification - Korea
- Ratification - U.S.
- Services
- Trade Diversion
- Trade regulation
- U.S. trade politics
- Visa waivers
Recent Posts
- The Beef Agreement
- Income Inequality and the Beef Protests
- Resolution of the Beef Controversy?
- Obama Says "No" To KORUS FTA, Again
- The Perils of President Lee
- Korean Economists On Trade and Other Issues
- "I'm not saying that the election is not important, but the true democracy is on the streets"
- South Korean Cabinet Offers to Resign
- The Week's Beef News From Korea
- New Poll Results Show Support for FTA in Korea
Key KORUS Documents
KORUS FTA Resources
Korea Blogging (in English)
Korea and the FTA
Edward M. Graham: Reforming Korea's Industrial Conglomerates
William W. Lewis: The Power of Productivity: Wealth, Poverty, and the Threat to Global Stability
Chapter 5 discusses sectoral productivity in Korea.
Environmental impacts
November 20, 2007
June 18, 2007
The Interim U.S. Environmental Review
Chapter 20 deals with the Environment. Supplementary "confirmation letters" address Section 20.6, on Public participation, and Section 20.2 with respect to Equivalence in Environmental Laws.
