Obama says he’s committed to resolving issues that have held up SKorea trade agreement

Free Trade

• californianewz South Korean president says he and Obama committed to ratification of free-trade pact : SEOUL, South Korea (AP).. https://bit.ly/2rP1A7
• GHY_Intl Free Trade with India Gets a Boost: (Embassy Laura Payton)It may have taken him almost four years to set foot.. https://bit.ly/1aetVG
• esukop The trouble with protectionism, how to deal with climate change, and why NAFTA was bad for free trade. https://bit.ly/1r54M5
• alexasbury Looking into CAFTA free trade negotiations
• MajoratWH no obstacles moved....no resolution in sight....if Obama wants free trade deal with ROK, he'll have to move harder, faster.
• MajoratWH adamantly opposed to free trade agreement, a way of saying auto concerns in US can't trump ROK industry oppo.
• MajoratWH Says there is a "misperception" in US free trade deal will harm US consumers. "This is not true." Says service and ag sector in ROK
• Morticianhaley South Korean president says he and POTUS Obama committed to ratification of free-trade pact. https://bit.ly/4oovBk
• MajoratWH Under pending free trade deal, USTR office says US wld gain $10 bn to $12 bn in annual exports to S. Korea and 1,000s of jobs.
• MajoratWH Obama says both countries can benefit from free trade. Said issues "still be discussed" --- that means US auto access to ROK market.