David Rothkopf has mixed feelings about the passage of bilateral agreements with South Korea, Panama and Colombia:
The most important reaction to these trade deals is akin to my parents' reaction to my report card in that it looks past the accomplishment to the deflating underlying issue. In this case, the issue is "now what?" What is the next chapter in U.S. trade policy going to look like? A protracted period of inaction in terms of new deals with a major shift in focus (generally justified) to enforcement issues seems most likely. But with world markets representing vital potential growth for U.S. companies and workers and with material tariff and non-tariff barriers still in place, it's time for a new conversation and new ideas.
Larison is characteristically grumpy. Jacob Stokes examines what a President Romney might do with respect to trade policy.
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