Another bid to seal a U.S. - Korea FTA
(Seoul, Korea - Oct.8) President Lee Myung Bak's administration is pushing to gain legislative approval of a U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement. A deal between the two countries was reached in June 2007, but has yet to be ratified by either nation.
The Korean Trade Ministry submitted a bill to the National Assembly in a bid to gain approval of a deal which would enhance bilateral trade by $20 billion annually.
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