Free trade agreement between the United States of America and the Republic of Korea
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The Free trade agreement between the United States of America and the Republic of Korea (also known as KORUS FTA) is a trade agreement between the United States and the Republic of Korea. Negotiations were announced on February 2, 2006, and concluded on April 1, 2007. The treaty was first signed on June 30, 2007, with a renegotiated version signed in early December 2010.