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Freddie Stubbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 07:59 AM
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Vilsack in St. Louis to push Korean trade pact
Source: Bloomberg

Ratification of a U.S. trade agreement with South Korea would add tens of thousands of jobs, many of them in predominantly agricultural states like Missouri, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Monday. But, he said, Congress needs to move quickly.

Vilsack spoke outside an ADM grain terminal on the banks of the Mississippi River in St. Louis. He said he was hopeful Congress will ratify the South Korea trade agreement by July 1.

Vilsack encouraged Congress to act quickly because other nations who compete with the U.S. are also negotiating with South Korea. For example, Australia, a competitor in beef exports, is close to a deal. Still, some in Congress prefer to wait and pass trade agreements with Colombia and Panama in addition to South Korea.

"We need to get into that market," Vilsack said of South Korea. "We need to expand that market, and we need to take advantage of those reduced tariffs."

Read more: http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9M8E46G0.htm
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Fuddnik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 08:11 AM
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1. How about we start dismantling trade agreements instead?
They've worked out so good for us in the past.
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Freddie Stubbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 09:06 AM
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2. Don't hold your breath while Obama is in the White House
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JJW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 09:06 AM
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3. Monsanto
In other words, Monsanto approves.
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Freddie Stubbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 02:38 PM
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4. The article made no mention of Monsanto
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freshwest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-29-11 04:09 PM
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5. Yup.
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