South Korea to publish report outlining KORUS amendment scenarios this week

South Korea is slated to complete an economic feasibility assessment this week outlining potential amendment areas -- which could include agriculture -- in the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement, according to sources and media reports. In accordance with its statutory requirements for renegotiating trade agreements, South Korea is developing an economic feasibility assessment that reportedly outlines amendment scenarios including possible greater market openness in the agriculture, investment and services sectors, a Korean news service, the Hankyoreh reported last week. One “major...