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October 14, 2011

Admin Vows to Ratify Free Trade Deals 
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The Obama administration is vowing to approve a long-delayed so-called
"free trade" deals with Colombia, Panama and South Korea following
Congressional approval earlier this week. In a meeting with South Korean
President Lee Myung-bak, Vice President Joe Biden urged South Korean
lawmakers to ratify the accord.

Vice President Joe Biden: "In an oath of our discussions today, it is
our mutual hope that your national assembly will ratify it very soon and
this agreement will be recognized by all as a win for both of us and
bring the world's first and twelfth largest economies even closer
together."



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