http://www.ustr.gov/node/64/205,106,331,333/10en-usWashington, D.C. - The Office of the United States Trade Representative today released a preliminary comparison of the Korea-EU Free Trade Agreement, initialed on October 15 in Brussels, with the pending U.S.-Korea (KORUS) FTA.  An analysis of select provisions is provided below.  The text of the Korea-EU agreement was made public today.http://www.ustr.gov/about-us/press-office/press-releases/2009/october/ustr-releases-preliminary-analysis-korea-eu-free-t10/19/2009WASHINGTON, D.C. - United States Trade Representative Ronald Kirk announced today that USTR has received more than five hundred responses to requests for public comment on the free trade agreements that have been negotiated with Colombia and the Republic of Korea. USTR had issued notices at the end of July inviting comment by interested parties by noon today, September 15.http://www.ustr.gov/about-us/press-office/press-releases/2009/september/ustr-receives-public-comments-concerning-pending09/15/2009WASHINGTON, D.C - U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk held his first meeting with Korea's Minister for Trade Kim Jong-Hoon on May 14 to discuss a range of multilateral and bilateral trade issues, including the pending U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement.http://www.ustr.gov/about-us/press-office/press-releases/2009/may/ambassador-ron-kirk-meets-korean-minister-trade-kim-jo05/14/2009http://www.ustr.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/pdfs/press_release/2008/asset_upload_file353_15250.pdf12/17/2008“I welcome the publication today in Korea’s official gazette of its Import Health Requirements, which puts the April 18th United States -Korea beef import protocol into effect.  With this step, we look forward to the resumption of shipments of safe, affordable and high quality U.S. beef to Korea, so that Korean families will have the opportunity to enjoy the same delicious beef that American families do.  We urge Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China to join Korea and others in reopening their beef markets based on science and internationally recognized guidelines and standards.http://www.ustr.gov/about-us/press-office/press-releases/archives/2008/june/statement-ustr-schwab-issuing-korea-beef-pro06/24/2008http://www.ustr.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/pdfs/press_release/2008/asset_upload_file711_14948.pdf06/20/2008  http://www.ustr.gov/statement-us-trade-representative-susan-c-schwab-itc-analysis-us-korea-free-trade-agreement09/19/2007http://www.ustr.gov/about-us/press-office/press-releases/archives/2007/june/united-states-and-republic-korea-sign-landma06/30/2007 http://www.ustr.gov/united-states-korea-fta-text-available-ustr-website05/23/2007http://www.ustr.gov/about-us/press-office/press-releases/archives/2007/april/united-states-and-korea-conclude-historic-t04/02/2007