“South Korea said Tuesday it remains opposed to renegotiating a free trade agreement with the United States after hawkish comments on the landmark deal by the man nominated to be President Barack Obama’s top trade official. Ron Kirk, Obama’s pick to be U.S. trade representative, told a Senate hearing Monday that the agreement with South Korea ‘simply isn’t fair.’ He added that if problems cannot be rectified Washington was ready to ‘step away’ from it.” (International Herald Tribune, Tuesday)
A true progressive would remove all barriers to the flow of goods.
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“Free Trade’s Never-Ending Battle” by Arthur E. Foulkes