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Article: SEN. SALAZAR MEATS WITH SOUTH KOREAN AMBASSADOR TO DISCUSS U.S. BEEF IMPORTS TO SOUTH KOREA
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- June 26, 2008
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The office of Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., issued the following news release:
Today, United States Senator Ken Salazar met with Tae-Sik Lee, the South Korean Ambassador to the U.S., to discuss the pending South Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement and the effort to resolve the ongoing dispute over U.S. beef imports to South Korea. Last weekend, the United States and South Korea reached an agreement to resume shipments of U.S. beef. The agreement limits, for an unspecified transition period, shipments of beef from cattle aged 30 months and younger. Although it is characterized as a voluntary commercial agreement, the South Korean government will apparently have authority to reject shipments of ...