FTA with U.S.A.

Description:

Free Trade Agreement, also known as preferential trade agreement, between two or more states. Involves the parties granting tariff preference to each other's suppliers, along with other benefits in areas such as government procurement and non-tariff measures.

Enablers:

Who get merit with free trade between Korea and US. Shipbuilding. Semiconductors. LCD. Cars. etc.

Inhibitors:

Who has demerit with FTA between Korea and US. Especially Agriculture. Medical services. Education. etc.

Paradigms:

FTA bewteen Korea and US will accellerate trade. I don't know exactly the effects of FTA on Wibro.

Timing:

1998: ICANN formed

Nov. 23, 2004: First meeting of the UN Working Group on Internet Governance

Nov. 2005: UN Working Group on Internet Governance’s report due

2006: ICANN expected to become completely independent of US government

Web Resources:

UN Press Release on the Working Group on Internet Governance http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2004/pi1620.doc.htm

World v Web: Controlling the Internet from the Economist http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3407424&subjectID=348963&emailauth=%2527%2528%2540%252E7%255EM%2527ASP%2520%2520%250A

ICANN (Internet Corporate for Assigned Names and Numbers) http://www.icann.org/

World Summit on the Information Society http://www.itu.int/wsis/

Swiss Fudge: Internet Governance from the Economist http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?Story_id=S%27%298%24%24RQ%27%21%20%40%23%5C%0A

Time for UN Intervention?: Internet Regulation from the Economist http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?Story_id=2177567