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South Korea’s rice farmers prepare for rough ride from free trade
30-Jun-2014 FT
Korean Peasant League wants the government to negotiate an extension to the rice quota arrangement – as the Philippines did earlier this month. But experts at the agriculture ministry’s public consultations have suggested an alternative option: opening the market while increasing import tariffs from the current 5 per cent to levels as high as 300-500 per cent.