SEOUL, June 2 (UPI) -- Free trade talks between South Korea and the United States begin next week in a bid to cut barriers to bilateral trade that last year totaled $73 billion.
Some 300 delegates from the two nations, headed by South Korea's FTA Ambassador Kim Jong-hoon and Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Wendy Cutler, will negotiate in Washington, Yonhap reported Friday.
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Some South Korean farm and labor groups are opposed to a free trade deal with the United States.