Trade and Investment
Republic of Korea-United States Free Trade Agreement
(Republic of Korea-US FTA)
FTA upgrade signed and in effect: 1 January 2019
Sources:
Signed and In Effect
Notified to the WTO
Notified to the WTO
- GATT
- GATSV
Members
- Korea, Republic of
- United States
Relevant Dates
- Signed and In Effect
2012-03-15 - Signed but not yet In Effect
2007-06-30 - Negotiations launched
2006-06-05 - Notified to the WTO
GATT 2012-03-15 GATSV 2012-03-15
Updates
Renegotiation-
FTA Revisions
Sistema de Información al Comercio Exterior (SICE)Concluded: 28 Mar 2018
Legal Documents
- Korea-United States Free Trade AgreementUnited States Trade Representative
- Korea-United States Free Trade AgreementUnited States Trade Representative
News
- [Republic of] Korea, US strike last-minute tariff deal, but tough talks lie aheadThe Korea Herald5 Aug 2025
- [Republic of Korea Foreign Minister] Cho says [ROK President] Lee-[US President] Trump summit unlikely to be delayed to next monthYonhap News3 Aug 2025
- [Republic of Korea, US] strike $450 [billion] deal to cap US tariffs at 15%The Korea Herald31 Jul 2025
- [US-based] Tesla [and Republic of Korea-based] Samsung $16.5 billion supply deal may spur chipmaker's US contract businessReuters29 Jul 2025
Opinions and Editorials
- From chips to ships: The next step in the [US-Republic of Korea] allianceNational Interest Online20 Jan 2025
- KORUS FTA 'more balanced' than other deals: US agriculture secretaryYonhap News17 May 2019
- [US President] Trump stance on [Republic of] Korea-US free trade agreement softeningAsia Times2 Feb 2018
- [US President] Trump [Rep. of Korea-US] FTA threat is a mere tactic to induce concessionThe Korea Times5 Sep 2017
Studies and Research
- The effect of free trade agreement (FTA) on small open economics: implications for the [Republic of] Korea-US (KORUS) FTALee, S.Universitat Pompeu Fabra15 Feb 2013
- KORUS FTA 2.0: assessing the changesJeffrey J. SchottPeterson Institute for International Economics1 Dec 2010
- Prospects for implementing the [Republic of] Korea-US Free Trade AgreementJeffrey J. SchottPeterson Institute for International Economics1 Oct 2010
- US-Korea free trade agreement: what it would mean for California agriculture?California Farm Bureau Federation24 Mar 2008
