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Lone Star: Lone Star’s version of the facts and allegations (Part 2)
At this point, I only have the Lone Star’s version of the story as reported in its Notice of Intent to Arbitrate (“NOI”) submitted In May 2012, which is found at here . In this blog, I will summarize...
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Lone Star: Lone Star case analyzed – Jurisdiction (Part 3)
In this part of the discussion regarding Korea’s investor-state dispute settlement system, I would like to introduce you – a potential foreign investor – a number of protections that are (and may...
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Lone Star: Lone Star case analyzed – Fair and Equitable Treatment (Part 4)
Lone Star’s substantive allegations are comprised of 3 claims that are familiar to NAFTA countries and 2 that are more unique to the Korea-Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union Bilateral Investment Treaty...
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Korea and TPP – Will it? Should it?
First of all, sorry that I missed blogging past two months. My excuse is work – it’s not a good one, I admit. On that note, I will finish my analysis of the Lone Star case, but it will wait. In any...
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Korea MOTIE to visit Canada in February to discuss TPP
Happy lunar new year to everyone! 2014, the year of horse has just begun with a “bang” – or more like smoke in the air that just might mean that there will be some sort and form of “bang-ing” some time...
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Korea-Australia FTA Text Released
As reported earlier, Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement, or “KAFTA,” was agreed “in principle” in December of last year. As explained, this was a shockingly expedient act, merely 2 months after the...
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Staged Tariff Elimination/Reduction in Korea-Australia FTA Text
Further to my earlier post notifying the release of the semi-final text of the Korea-Australia FTA (“KAFTA”), I would like to share one interesting finding I made so far. It is simply summarized in...
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Korea-Canada FTA Announced (more details)
Hi all in this new world, where Korea and Canada are “free trade” partners. I have already seen an article on this agreement in this blog, so I won’t repeat it. That said, I would like to share some...
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Korea and Australia formally signs a FTA
Less than a month after the announcement of completion of Korea-Canada, Korea on April 8, 2014, announced a formal signage of Korea-Australia FTA (“KAFTA”). The full text of the agreement can be found...
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Korea-Canada FTA is not so “cool” anymore
It has been a couple months since the Canadian and Korean governments announced the signing of Korea-Canada FTA (“KCFTA”). Later in March, the Canadian government published “Final Agreement Summary.”...
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Oh I miss Korea! Just until I miss Canada…
When the plane got above Young-jong Island – a small island outside Seoul, where the Incheon international airport sits – ready to touch down in Korea, I opened the window and looked outside, not only...
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Korea-Canada: 8,000 kms apart (Pt. 1)
As I hold my baby for 13 hours on a flight, I think to myself: it’s a long, long way to Korea. It is hard to dispute that – the total distance from Vancouver (Canada’s Pacific-most major city) to Seoul...
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(News) Prime Ministers speak in Ottawa on Korea-Canada relations
Thanks to the Korean embassy, I had the honour of participating in the Conference centre where the Korean and Canadian Prime Ministers gave speeches in celebration of the 50th anniversary of bilateral...
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8,000 Kms apart (Pt. 2)
(All the graphs and statistical/empirical studies presented below are taken from Alexandre Gauthier & Katie Meredith, “Canadian Trade and Investment Activity: Canada-South Korea”, (Ottawa: Library...
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Kor-Can bilateral trade: A look back (Pt. 1)
When I first came to Canada in 1997, seeing a Korean-made product on the street was a rarity. When we did see one, it became the topic of the moment amongst fellow Korean witnesses. I remember once...
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Kor-Can bilateral trade: a meeting place, the WTO (Pt. 2)
Korea and Canada are familiar friends, especially when it comes to trade. The friendship, as we all know from our life experiences, is not born out of vacuum, but built through repeated interactions,...
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Kor-Can bilateral trade: partners in the new frontier, the OECD (Pt. 3)
Simplification is dangerous, because this world is in fact very complicated (note that this is in itself a simplification). People simplify, not for the truth of the simpleness, but because it is a...
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Korea and United Nations 1 – the struggle
Economic strength of Korea (Republic of Korea, or commonly known as South Korea) is a reality, a matter of fact that cannot be ignored as a practical concern. Korean economy posted one of the most...
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News – Korean Trade Minister stresses reconciliation
For those who follow this year’s election in Geneva for the new WTO Director-General, a Korean nominee, Trade Minsiter Bark Tae-Ho, made a speech that stresses his (and Korea’s by extension) role as a...
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News – Minister Taeho Bark’s commentary on development through trade...
In case you have noticed, I am generally a slow writer with no exception in this blog. However, in the past couple days, there have been many new commentaries by Korea Trade Minister Taeho Bark, who is...
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