The passage of the KORUS FTA has opened up a new chapter in our partnership, in our alliance.

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And the KORUS FTA will bring benefits beyond Korea and the United States.

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Now the KORUS FTA signals the beginning of an economic alliance.

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And accordingly, in order to ensure the faithful implementation of the KORUS FTA, we will establish a ministerial-level joint committee, as previously agreed, and check upon the progress.

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And as we were having dinner, it was President Obama who was looking at his Blackberry and told me -- and gave -- and broke the news that finally the KORUS FTA was ratified by the U.S. Congress while we were having dinner.

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Ladies and gentlemen, we will also work together so that the KORUS FTA that came into effect last March 15th will fulfill its goal, that is creating jobs for our workers, expand trade and investments, and overall improve the lives of our peoples.

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And the thing that I want to prove the most, ladies and gentlemen, with the KORUS FTA is that many of those critics who were saying that the KORUS FTA was somehow going to make people lose their jobs -- but really the KORUS FTA is going to create a lot of good, decent jobs for the people of America.

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