Obama administration
- Why do you think the Obama administration pursued a trade deal with Korea in 2012? What were the potential economic and political benefits? What were the potential costs?
- Is there any evidence that the 2012 free trade deal between the United States and South Korea was a “job killer” as claimed by President Trump?
- What were the motivations of the Trump administration in renegotiating the 2012 deal?
- Who benefits from the revised (2018) deal? Who might lose? Does the 2018 deal represent an improvement over that ratified in 2012?
