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The Korean Free Trade Agreement December 6, 2010

A WSJ article about the way the Korean Free-Trade deal was negotiated. The South Koreans thought Obama would accept anything when he was in Seoul, in the wake of the Midterm elections, so they refused to make concessions, and the  US left without a deal. But they’ve now agreed to terms that they refused to consider a few weeks ago, because North Korea has left them scrambling.