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US, South Korea Press on With Beef Trade Talks
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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U.S. and South Korean trade officials pressed ahead with negotiations that Seoul hopes will result in new limits to a recent deal to reopen South Korea's market to U.S. beef exports. (article 3)
" This is a complex issue, but both sides remain committed to finding a mutually agreeable path forward USTR spokesman Gretchen Hamel said. (article 3)
Officials have been huddled in private discussions on the April beef agreement since South Korean Trade Minister Kim Jong-hoon arrived in Washington on Friday, but so far neither side has heralded a breakthrough. (article 3)
Five Cabinet ministers said in a statement they cannot accept the truckers' demands that the government increase fuel subsidies, help raise transportation charges and introduce a minimum wage. (article 1)
About 13,000 unionized truckers launched the strike Friday to protest rising fuel prices, disrupting operations at seaports and severely damaging the country's export-driven economy. (article 1)
Earlier Tuesday, a union member stabbed himself in the stomach during a scuffle with police escorting a truck driven by a nonunion member south of Seoul, the union said. (article 1)
" Officials talked today and both countries spent the day internally reviewing technical issues Gretchen Hamel, a spokeswoman for U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab said. (article 2)
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beef, Korean, South, Seoul, Korea |
Source articles
- South Korea urges truckers to end strike (Washington Post, 06/17/2008, 401 words)
- U.S., South Korea switch course, restart beef talks (Washington Post, 06/16/2008, 468 words)
- US, South Korea Press on With Beef Trade Talks (msnbc.msn.com, 06/17/2008, 335 words)
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