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Congress Passes Three Contentious Trade Deals
Last night, Congress passed the most significant expansion of trade relations in decades with Panama , Colombia and South Korea . Today, President Obama and South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak met with reporters.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readLast night, Congress passed the most significant expansion of trade relations in decades with Panama, Colombia and South Korea. Today, President Obama and South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak met with reporters. Obama praised the legislation for increasing employment opportunities for American farmers, manufacturers -- including small businesses, and automakers. Joe Schatz covers economic policy reporter for Congressional Quarterly.
