Concerns over expansion of import quotas for U.S. products... Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, "No additional opening will be done"

Published 2025년 10월 28일

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[Agricultural, Fisheries and Livestock Newspaper=Reporter Park Yu-shin] National Assembly members from both the ruling and opposition parties urged the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs to take a responsible and proactive stance to quell concerns about agricultural market opening in the Korea-U.S. tariff negotiations, sparked by remarks from Foreign Minister Cho Hyun about the possibility of expanding the quota for U.S. rice imports. During the last day of the national audit in the agricultural sector on the 28th, at the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs' comprehensive audit by the National Assembly's Committee on Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Oceans and Fisheries, the audit session heated up with voices from members urging the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs to clearly state its position and criticizing the ministry's lukewarm stance on concerns about agricultural market opening in the Korea-U.S. tariff negotiations.

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Comprehensive Audit of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Soybeans, not a subject of discussion Rice and beef, maintaining the stance that additional opening is impossible National Assembly members from both the ruling and opposition parties urged the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs to take a responsible and proactive stance to alleviate concerns about agricultural market opening in the Korea-U.S. tariff negotiations, which arose from remarks by Foreign Minister Cho Hyun suggesting the possibility of expanding the quota for U.S. rice imports. The final day of the agricultural sector's national audit on the 28th at the National Assembly's Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Committee's comprehensive audit of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs heated up as members of parliament criticized the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs' lukewarm stance on concerns about agricultural market opening in the Korea-U.S. tariff ...

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