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Sources: U.S. could begin process of withdrawing from KORUS next week

September 1, 2017 at 7:49 PM
After U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and South Korea’s trade minister, Kim Hyung-chong, failed last month to agree on how to move forward on the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement, the Trump administration is considering initiating the process of withdrawing from the deal as early as Tuesday, sources told Inside U.S. Trade . These sources said the White House was “seriously considering” the move, although administration officials told these sources a final decision has not been made. Sources said two White...


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