Obama Should Move Korea Trade Deal Before Colombia, Levin Says

Published Tuesday, March 29, 2011
by Eric Martin and Mark Drajem

Democratic Representative Sander Levin urged President Barack Obama to send a pending free-trade agreement with South Korea to Congress “immediately,” and not wait for accords with Colombia and Panama.

While Republicans such as Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah say they won’t approve the Korea agreement unless the other two move ahead as well, Levin of Michigan said it’s a mistake to link the different deals.

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