U.S.-Korea FTA News

Darci Vetter, deputy under secretary for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, last week said the administration wants to achieve full market access for U.S. beef from cattle of all ages into the South Korean market, as initially negotiated on April 18, 2008, as a way of resolving outstanding beef issues surrounding the U.S.-Korea free trade agreement. The U.S. hopes for full implementation of the beef protocol the two sides negotiated in 2008 and expects...

The co-chairman of the House Textile Caucus are urging House members to support their call for reopening the textile provisions of the U.S.-Korea free trade agreement, which they charge is unfair to U.S. textile producers in its immediate tariff cuts for sensitive items, rules of origin and ineffective enforcement provisions. Reps. John Spratt (D-SC) and Howard Coble (R-NC) are urging other House members to sign a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk demanding the reopening of the FTA to...