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Obama, Lee fail to sign free trade agreement (Bloomberg, 11/11/10)

U.S. President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart Lee Myung Bak failed to reach agreement on a free-trade accord, or FTA, and said talks will continue after the Group of 20 summit in Seoul. [...]

Obama has shied away from pushing trade pacts with South Korea, Colombia and Panama in Congress amid high unemployment and opposition from some fellow Democrats and the party’s supporters in organized labor. Ford Motor and the United Auto Workers union have led opposition to the trade accord, citing the need to address South Korea’s tax and regulatory regimes.