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The Proposed U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA): Provisions and Implications

Categories: Foreign Trade/Investment,Korea,Treaties

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL34330.pdf

U.S. and South Korean trade officials signed the proposed treaty in June 2007.  If approved by Congress, it would become the second largest (after the North American Free Trade Agreement) such treaty signed by the U.S.  This report reviews the principal provisions and the contentious issues.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists