Please don't take the fact that I don't reply to you in what you feel is a timely manner as my acceptance of your point, that it is valid, or that it is even coherent.
The only thing it is evidence of is that I have a life outside of FR.
To the point at hand; Yes, on the whole the Korean trade deal is a good thing though it was long overdue.
My point is 50,000 young Americans died to give the South Koreans their political and economic freedoms and we're sitting there 50 years later discussing whether the cars the US exports will be made to Korean or US safety standards.
This just accentuates the trade patsies the US has become. Much of the trade deficit is because of our reluctance to force open the markets of those who sell to us.
And you still haven’t responded. How much more are you willing to pay for S. Korean products because the S. Koreans haven’t contributed enough for our defense? Do you see any cognitive dissonance there at all?