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U.S., Korea commit to use KORUS to tackle ‘emerging trade’ issues

November 19, 2021 at 2:39 PM
The U.S. and South Korea have pledged to use the nearly 10-year-old U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement to tackle new issues, the two sides announced on Friday, citing supply chain challenges, emerging technologies and the digital ecosystem as areas for future cooperation. U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Deputy USTR Sarah Bianchi traveled to South Korea on Thursday for the second stop of Tai’s first trip to Asia as USTR. On Friday, they met with Korean Minister for Trade Yeo Han-koo...


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