SEOUL — South Korea will likely allow the resumption of U.S. beef imports next month despite public calls to re-negotiate a deal with the United States, an agriculture ministry official said on Monday.
South Korea agreed last month to open its market wider to U.S. beef imports, soothing a major trade dispute on the eve of a summit between the two countries' leaders.
But opposition parties and civic groups have called for the deal to be scrapped or at least re-negotiated.
"New U.S. beef shipments will probably come early next month," an agriculture ministry spokesman told AFP.
He declined to confirm a Yonhap news agency report that the government would this month release 5,300 tons of U.S. beef held in storage since last October after the discovery of banned materials in a shipment.
Read the full Agence France-Presse story here.
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