The Korea Times
The government on Wednesday pledged continued efforts to stably manage trade relations with the United States by communicating on issues raised by the office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) in its latest annual report on foreign trade barriers. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources said it will soon hold a meeting of the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement (FTA) joint committee to discuss the implementation of the countries' agreement on non-tariff trade barrier issues made as part of their tariff deal finalized late last year. The announcement came after the USTR released its 2026 National Trade Estimate (NTE) Report, in which it listed what the U.S. calls "trade barriers" of its trading partners, including Korea. The ministry said the USTR expanded its overall scope of assessment on foreign trade barriers in this year's report, newly incorporating sections on non-market policies and practices, as well as labor and environmental issues. Last month, the USTR launched consecutive trade inquiries into Korea and other major economies to uncover what it calls "unfair" trade pract
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