SICE: Trade Policy Developments: United States-Republic of Korea

Index
Preamble

1. Initial Provisions and Definitions

2. National Treatment and Market Access for Goods
Annex 2-A: National Treatment and Import and Export Restrictions
Annex 2-B: Tariff Elimination

3. Agriculture
Annex 3-A: Agricultural Safeguard Measures

4. Textiles and Apparel
Annex 4-A: Specific Rules of Origin for Textile and Apparel Goods
Annex 4-B: Fibers, Yarns, and Fabrics Not Available in Commecial Quantities
Appendix 4-B-1: Fibers, Yarns, and Fabrics Not Available in Commercial Quantities
Confirmation Letter (Fibers, Yarns, and Fabrics Not Available in Commercial Quantitites)

5. Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices
Confirmation Letter (Independent Review Body)

6. Rules of Origin and Origin Procedures
Annex 6-A: Specific Rules of Origin
Appendix 6-A-1: Correlation Table for Footwear
Annex 6-B: Exceptions to Article 6.6

7. Customs Administration and Trade Facilitation

8. Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

9. Technical Barriers to Trade
Annex 9-A: Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
Annex 9-B: Automotive Working Group
Confirmation Letter (Specific Autos Regulatory Issues)

10. Trade Remedies

11. Investment
Annex 11-A: Customary International Law
Annex 11-B: Expropriation
Annex 11-C: Service of Documents on a Party under Section B
Annex 11-D: Possibility of a Bilateral Appellate Mechanism
Annex 11-E: Submission of a Claim to Arbitration
Annex 11-F: Taxation and Expropriation
Annex 11-G: Transfers
Confirmation Letter (Property Rights)

12. Cross-Border Trade in Services
Annex 12-A: Professional Services
Appendix 12-A-1: Sectors for Mutual Recognition and Temporary Licensing
Annex 12-B: Express Delivery Services
Annex 12-C: Consultations Regarding Non-Conforming Measures Maintained by a Regional Level of Government
Confirmation Letter (Understanding of Both Sides)
Confirmation Letter (Gambling)
Confirmation Letter (Express Delivery Services-Amendment)
Confirmation Letter (Express Delivery Services-Reform)
Confirmation Letter (Telecommunications)

13. Financial Services
Annex 13-A: Cross-Border Trade
Annex 13-B: Specific Commitments
Annex 13-C: Financial Services Committee
Annex 13-D: Supply of Insurance by the Postal Services to the Public
Confirmation Letter (Cross-Border Financial Services)

14. Telecommunications
Annex 14-A
Annex 14-B

15. Electronic Commerce
Confirmation Letter (Access to and Use of the Internet)

16. Competition-Related Matters

17. Government Procurement
Annex 17-A: Government Procurement Annex

18. Intellectual Property Rights
Confirmation Letter (Limitations on Liability for Internet Service Providers)
Confirmation Letter (Promoting Protection and Effective Enforcement of Copyrighted Works)
Confirmation Letter (Online Privacy Prevention)
Confirmation Letter (Disputes Involving Patent Linkage)

19. Labor
Annex 19-A: Labor Cooperation Mechanism
Confirmation Letter (Public Communication)

20. Environment
Confirmation Letter (Public Participation)
Confirmation Letter (Equivalence in Environmental Laws)

21. Transparency
Confirmation Letter (Publication)

22. Institutional Provisions and Dispute Settlement
Annex 22-A: Alternative Procedures for Disputes Concerning Automotive Products
Annex 22-B: Committee on Outward Processing Zones on the Korean Peninsula
Annex 22-C: Joint Fisheries Committee

23. Exceptions

24. Final Provisions

Annex I: Non-Conforming Measures for Services and Investment
Annex I Formatting Note
Korea Annex I
U.S. Annex I

Annex II: Non-Conforming Measures for Services and Investment
Annex II Formatting Note
Korea Annex II
U.S. Annex II

Annex III: Non-Conforming Measures for Financial Services
Korea Annex III (with Formatting Note)
U.S. Annex III (with Formatting Note)

General Notes, Tariff Schedules, and TRQ Annexes
Korea General Notes
Korea TRQ Appendix (2-B-1)
Korea Tariff Schedule
U.S. General Notes
U.S. TRQ Appendix (2-B-1)
U.S. Tariff Schedule

Source: Office of the United States Trade Representative