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U.S. International Trade Commission
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This report was prepared principall
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CONTENTS-Continued Chapter 3. Secto
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CONTENTS—Continued Chapter 5. Imp
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CONTENTS-Continued Chapter 7. Liter
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CONTENTS-Continued Tables—Continu
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Abbreviations and Acronyms 3G third
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Abbreviations and Acronyms—Contin
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Abbreviations and Acronyms—Contin
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vehicles) would likely be diverted
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Sector-specific Assessments The U.S
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total increased fish imports from K
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Korea would likely limit the impact
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Intellectual property rights (IPR):
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sector barriers. 5 These merchandis
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Table 1.1 U.S.-Korea FTA: Location
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Table 1.2 Korean tariff rates on im
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Table 1.4 U.S.-Korea FTA: Summary o
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observed GDP for model regions). Th
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Box 2.1 Interpreting the model resu
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Table 2.1 U.S.-Korea FTA: Simulated
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2-8 This page has been updated to r
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Figure 2.2 U.S-Korea FTA: Simulated
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As shown in figure 2.2, the largest
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2-14 This page has been updated to
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Economy-wide Impact of Implementing
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Grain (Wheat, Corn, and Other Feed
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Korea imported 3.8 million mt of wh
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U.S. oilseed product exports to Kor
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Table 3.2 U.S. oilseed product expo
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Table 3.3 Animal feed exports to Ko
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consumed domestically by the U.S. l
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ates. For corn starch, the United S
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quota rates have been effectively e
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Noncitrus Fruit 87 Views of Interes
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3-20 Table 3.9 U.S.-Korea trade and
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Korean grapes are much more costly
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Potato Products 122 Assessment The
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ate is 304 percent ad valorem. 141
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Other Vegetables 162 Assessment The
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U.S. exports of other fresh and pro
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tariff concessions that could accru
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Dairy Products 215 Similarly, the p
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TRQ for food whey, 223 based on cur
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potential changes in trade based so
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Figure Figure 3.1 Korea: Beef and v
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Views of Interested Parties The inc
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are subject to the same food safety
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enefit under the provisions of this
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Box 3.2 Potential price and quantit
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50 percent, while the vegetable jui
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and major supplier, and U.S. tariff
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textiles and apparel through 2005.
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U.S. Exports The impact of the FTA
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passage. NCTO indicated that, even
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In its report, the ITAC on Distribu
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of the U.S. footwear market, with C
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of these producers. 362 RPFMA noted
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prohibit improper inducements by ph
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Machinery, Electronics, and Transpo
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U.S. exports of auto parts would be
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imports from and exports to Korea.
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Passenger Vehicles 433 Assessment U
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Table 3.16 Korean passenger vehicle
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import activities have continued
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Box 3.4 Automotive-related FTA Prov
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access. The FTA affirms the parties
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gaining U.S. market share regardles
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keep the products out.” 492 Mr. B
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these vehicles to Korea. The commit
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Brown expressed concern about the r
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goods; and high-technology medical,
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device pricing, reimbursement, and
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CHAPTER 4 Impact of Market Access P
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elative to GDP than do China, Japan
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services as a substantial improveme
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Box 4.2 Financial services: Competi
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Summary of Provisions Chapter 13 of
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national treatment, full establishm
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Box 4.4 Competitive conditions in t
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and cross-connect links 70 are more
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Box 4.5 U.S. legal services trade w
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establish offices in Korea to provi
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Box 4.6 Competitive conditions in t
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equirements and foreign ownership r
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CHAPTER 5 Impact of Trade Facilitat
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publication and administration of t
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Views of Interested Parties In its
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Summary of Provisions This chapter
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use of TBTs to protect Korea’s au
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conformity assessment procedures el
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FTA Chapter 15-Electronic Commerce
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Views of Interested Parties The U.S
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quantities as to be a substantial c
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that such transshipment could imped
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Box 6.1 Foreign investment in Korea
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in the FTA. The awards made by any
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Table 6.1 U.S.-Korea FTA: Industry
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(ITAC 5) report cited as particular
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Section C of Chapter 11 and the lac
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practices, and violations of consum
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FTA Chapter 17—Government Procure
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Both the United States and Korea ar
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8) 87 also expressed support for th
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Box 6.2 Recent conditions of IPR pr
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protection to life of the author pl
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Views of Interested Parties A numbe
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GPHA stated in testimony before the
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Box 6.3 Labor market conditions in
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FTA Chapter 20—Environment 131 As
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trade measures are the least disrup
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FTA Chapter 22-Institutional Provis
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Views of Interested Parties The Ind
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CHAPTER 7 Literature Review and Sum
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7-3 Table 7.1 Model, liberalization
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terms. Much of the increase in U.S.
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Liberalization generated small incr
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environmental laws. 102 In the U.S.
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not limited to, policies on commerc
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Economic indicators 2002 2006 Popul
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Table E.1 Leading U.S. exports to K
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APPENDIX F GTAP Model
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Updating the GTAP Database The curr
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Key Assumptions Agency. 4 The price
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Table F.2 U.S.-Korea FTA benchmark
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Measuring the Impacts of the FTA an
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General Effects of Trade Agreements
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APPENDIX H Tariff Equivalents in Ko
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Previous Literature The method for
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For the purposes of this report, a
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Table H.1 Tariff equivalents in Kor
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APPENDIX I Services Nonconforming M
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Table I.1 U.S.-Korea FTA: Korean se
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APPENDIX J Description of Possible
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are in effect import prices, and th
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APPENDIX K Overview of Agricultural
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Additionally, although current regu
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