The U.S.-Korea Business Council is committed to keeping members well-informed on significant developments that affect the climate and dynamics of the Korean economy. The reports below provide a wealth of information on the Korean economy and other related topics.

FEATURED PUBLICATIONS

• Faces of Trade:  Success Stories with Korea (U.S. Chamber TradeRoots and U.S.-Korea Business Council, 2010)
• Opening Markets, Creating Jobs: Estimated U.S. Employment Effects of Trade with FTA Partners (U.S. Chamber of Commerce, May 14, 2010)
• The State of World Trade (U.S. Chamber of Commerce, May 14, 2010)
• Failure to Implement the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement: The Cost for American Workers and Companies (U.S. Chamber of Commerce and U.S.-Korea Business Council, 2009)
• Building the U.S.-Korea Economic Partnership: Policy Recommendations to the Obama Administration and the New Congress (U.S.-Korea Business Council and AMCHAM Korea, 2009)
• U.S.-Korea FTA Position Paper (Updated 2008) (U.S.-Korea Business Council and AMCHAM Korea, 2008)
• The U.S.-Korea FTA: Economic Opportunity, Strategic Imperative (U.S.-Korea Business Council, 2007)
• U.S.- Korea FTA Position Paper (U.S.-Korea Business Council and AMCHAM Korea, 2006)
• 2005 Policy Paper (U.S.-Korea Business Council and AMCHAM Korea, 2005)

PUBLICATIONS FROM OTHER SOURCES

• Trade and the Economy: How New Trade Deals Will Create Jobs and Opportunity for America (Thirdway; September 20, 2011)
• Black is the New Red (Thirdway; September 20, 2011)
• 10 Stories - How New Trade Deals Will Help Foreeign Consumers "Buy American" (Thirdway; July 2011)
• Proposed U.S. – South Korea Free Trade Agreement: Potential National Sector-Specific and State Export Effects (Congressional Research Services; June 2011)
• What Americans want to know about Trade Agreement (Thirdway; June 2011)
• Imports from North Korea: Existing Rules, Implications of the KORUS FTA, and the Kaeson Industrial Complex (Penny Hill Press Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports; May 2011)
• Updated assessment of the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (International Trade Commission economic staff at the request of the Senate Finance Committee)
• KORUS FTA 2.0: Assessing the Changes (Peterson Institute for International Economics; December 2010)
• We Can't Sit on the Sidelines: The Race for Exports and Jobs (Business Roundtable, December 6, 2010)
• A Free Trade Agreement with South Korea Would Promote Both Prosperity and Security (CATO Institute; October 20, 2010)
• Prospects for Implementing the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (Peterson Institute for International Economics; October 20, 2010)
• Why We Need Fairer Trade: How Export Barriers Cost America Jobs (Third Way; July, 2010)
• Free Trade Agreements: Potential Revenue and Jobs for America’s Meat and Poultry Industry (American Meat Institute, June 15, 2010)
• “New Beginnings” in the U.S.-ROK Alliance: Recommendations to the Obama Administration  (New Beginnings Policy Study Group sponsored by The Korea Society and Stanford University’s Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, May 2010)
• Exports Support American Jobs (International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Spring 2010)
• A Profile of U.S. Exporting Companies, 2007 - 2008 (U.S. Department of Commerce; April 13, 2010)
• Top U.S. Export Markets: Free Trade Agreement and Country Fact Sheets (International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, March 2010)
• The Proposed U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA): Provisions and Implications (By William H. Cooper, Mark E. Manyin, Vivian C. Jones, Stephen Cooney and Remy Jurenas, Congressional Research Service, January 22, 2008)
• The U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement: Potential Economy-wide and Selected Sectoral Effects (U.S. International Trade Commission, September 20, 2007)
• The Korea-US Free Trade Agreement: A Summary Assessment (By Jeffrey Schott; Peterson Institute of International Economics, August 2007)
• Real Liberalization in the U.S.-Korea FTA: Moving Beyond the Traditional FTA (Business Roundtable, 2006)