The U.S. government is considering including agricultural and livestock trade issues in its negotiations with South Korea, particularly focusing on concerns regarding Korea's quarantine regulations, especially the age restriction on U.S. beef imports. This issue has been raised in meetings between U.S. and South Korean trade representatives and in the USTR's trade barrier reports. However, South Korea's Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has not received any official requests from the U.S. about changing these regulations and has not confirmed the U.S. position. Additionally, the ministry is cautiously evaluating potential U.S. requests related to the quarantine of agricultural products and the import of genetically modified organisms, highlighting the importance of scientific evidence in these evaluations.