U.S. Rep. Sander Levin (D-MI), a senior member of the House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee, today offered the following statement on the beginning of the fifth round of negotiations of the U.S. - South Korea FTA in Montana:

"The Bush Administration has a responsibility to negotiate a two-way trading street with South Korea. While South Korea continues to enjoy wide-open access to our automobile market, the United States faces tall barriers to South Korea's automobile market. This agreement will face strong opposition in Congress if these barriers are not torn down."