Sector-Specific Benefits

Informational Packet on the U.S.-Korea FTA: Sector-Specific Fact sheets

• What is a Free Trade Agreement (FTA)?
• Why Support the U.S.-Korea FTA?
• The U.S.-Korea Security Alliance
• Interesting Facts about Korea and the Korean Economy
• Fast Facts on U.S.-Korea Trade
• Benefits of the U.S.-Korea FTA for the U.S. Economy
• Costs of Inaction of the U.S.-Korea FTA for the U.S. Economy
• Small Businesses and the U.S.-Korea FTA
• Manufacturing and the U.S.-Korea FTA
• High-Tech Industry and the U.S.-Korea FTA
• Agriculture and the U.S.-Korea FTA
• Services and the U.S.-Korea FTA
• Financial Services and the U.S.-Korea FTA
• Investment and the U.S.-Korea FTA
• Labor & Environment and the U.S.-Korea FTA
• Automobile Provisions in the U.S.-Korea FTA
• Sovereignty Issues and the U.S.-Korea FTA

General

• Industry Opportunity Reports (U.S. Department of Commerce, December 2010)
• State Opportunities Under KORUS (U.S. Department of Commerce, December 2010)
• Summary of the U.S.-Korea FTA by Sector (Office of the United States Trade Representative, 2009)

Other Agriculture Fact Sheets

• Benefits of the KORUS FTA for the U.S. Spirits Industry (February 2011)
• U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement Commodity Fact Sheets (Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA, December 2010)
• Free Trade Agreements: Potential Revenue and Jobs for America’s Meat and Poultry Industry (American Meat Institute, June 15, 2010)
• Cattlemen Urge Swift Approval of Korea-U.S. (KORUS) Free Trade Agreement (National Cattlemen's Beef Association)
• Implications of South Korea-U.S. FTA on U.S. Agriculture (American Farm Bureau)
• U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement: Benefits for Agriculture (USDA, 2007)
• U.S.-Korea FTA: Impact on California Agriculture (California Farm Bureau Federation)

Other Manufacturing Fact Sheets

• KORUS FTA: A Good Deal for Textiles and Apparel (American Apparel and Footwear Association)
• Myths and Facts: Textiles and KORUS (American Apparel and Footwear Association)
• KORUS FTA: Improving Access and IP Protection for American High-Tech Products (Tech America)
• Plastics in South Korea (Plastics Industry Trade Association)
• Chevron Supports U.S.-Korea FTA (Chevron)
• A Lasting Partnership (PhRMA)
• Free Trade Key to Cat's Future (Caterpillar, May/June 2010)
• Support for U.S. Korea FTA (Caterpillar)

Other Services Fact Sheets

• The U.S.-Korea FTA: Advancing Services Trade with a Crucial Market (Coalition of Service Industries)
• U.S.-Korea FTA: Benefits to U.S. Telecommunications Industry (Telecommunications Industry Alliance)
• Trade Opens Doors: UPS Supports Free Trade

State-by-State Benefits