South Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement Will Lower Export Barriers for California Products‪.‬

Author(s): Hyunok Lee, Agricultural Issues Center, Daniel A. Sumner, Agricultural Issues Center The Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the United States signed a free trade agreement (KORUS FTA) on April 1, 2007. In 2010, they negotiated a few adjustments to the agreement designed to facilitate approval by each country's legislature. With strong support from the Obama administration, legislation implementing the agreement is likely to be passed in spring or summer 2011. (We refer to the Republic of Korea as South Korea; isolationist and communist North Korea is a separate country.)