Quoting the officials close to the recent week-long talks between Kim Jong-hoon, the top South Korean trade envoy, and Susan Schwab, the United States trade representative, Steven Weisman of New York Times reports that both sides agreed on “a voluntary arrangement by private exporters and importers not to ship American beef from cattle more than 30 months old for consumption in South Korea.”
If true, that would mean a complete failure of the South Korean trade envoy’s promised efforts to make the U.S. government guarantee (at least for a limited period of time) that the beef exported to South Korea is from cattle younger than 30 months.
I guess Kim Jong-hoon will receive a warm welcome at the Inchon airport from candlelight-holding protesters.
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Top South Korean trade envoy fails to deliver his promises.
June 20, 2008Quoting the officials close to the recent week-long talks between Kim Jong-hoon, the top South Korean trade envoy, and Susan Schwab, the United States trade representative, Steven Weisman of New York Times reports that both sides agreed on “a voluntary arrangement by private exporters and importers not to ship American beef from cattle more than 30 months old for consumption in South Korea.”
If true, that would mean a complete failure of the South Korean trade envoy’s promised efforts to make the U.S. government guarantee (at least for a limited period of time) that the beef exported to South Korea is from cattle younger than 30 months.
I guess Kim Jong-hoon will receive a warm welcome at the Inchon airport from candlelight-holding protesters.
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