Korea-U.S. FTA

What is an FTA?

Martha C. White in Slate: Trade Policy 101.  What's in those free-trade agreements—and do they really boost exports?   This is a useful survey of the issues typically addressed in an FTA - an FTA is much more than just tariff reductions - and the debates that they evoke.

USC Korean Studies Institute FTA Symposium

In October, the Korean Studies Institute of USC, in cooperation with other organizations, sponsored a symposium with panels on the FTA, and on the North Korea "question."  Here is the description of the discussions from the Institute's newsletter (The US‐Korea FTA and the North Korea Question Revisited, Winter, 2007):

Why did Roh do it?

Wonhyuk Lim wonders why the Roh Moo-hyon government chose to pursue an FTA with the United States: KORUS FTA: A Pragmatic and Strategic View (Nautilus Policy Forum Online, June 13, 2006).

The decision was a surprising policy change: