Trade Minister Kim Jong-hoon Monday suggested making a blacklist of U.S. meatpackers that ship beef from cattle over 30 months old to Korea in violation of the latest Seoul-Washington agreement.
The chief trade official qualified his suggestion by saying that a close-up review was necessary before implementation during a meeting with governing Grand National Party (GNP) lawmakers.
The minister headed the Korean delegation in the latest rounds of talks with U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab in Washington last week to push Korea's demand that only beef shipments from young cattle be allowed into Korea.
``We could consider putting U.S. firms violating the newly agreed age verification program on a blacklist,'' Kim said.
Under the quality system assessment (QSA) program, the U.S. government will only allow beef from cattle under the 30 months old to be exported to South Korea ? any products without QSA certification would be immediately shipped back.
Kim, however, was negative about the possibility of implementing tighter U.S. beef import regulations because of international trade rules.
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