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Obama seeks South Korea trade pact

April 2, 2009
By Alan Field, Journal of Commerce

Staff to discuss how to move forward, say reports
Meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 economic crisis in London, President Barack Obama told South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Thursday that he wants to make progress in completing the long-delayed U.S.-South Korea free-trade agreement, a U.S. official told Reuters.

"President Obama said that he understood there were difficulties on both sides on moving forward, but he said that he does want to make progress and staff should discuss how to move forward," the same official said anonymously. According to the same report, President Obama also invited Lee to visit Washington for talks in mid-June.