Trump wants to revisit Korea trade deal — and make it pay for THAAD
Washington — US President Donald Trump told Reuters on Thursday that he will either re-negotiate or terminate what he called a "horrible" free trade deal with South Korea and said Seoul should pay for a US anti-missile system that he priced at $1bn. In an interview with Reuters, Trump called the five-year-old trade pact with South Korea "unacceptable" and said it would be targeted for re-negotiation after his administration completes a revamp of the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) with Canada and Mexico. He blamed the US-Korean trade deal, known as Korus, on his 2016 Democratic presidential election opponent, Hillary Clinton, who, as secretary of state, promoted the final version of the trade pact before its approval by Congress in 2011. "It is unacceptable, it is a horrible deal made by Hillary," the Republican Trump said. "It’s a horrible deal, and we are going to re-negotiate that deal or terminate it." Asked when he would announce his intention to re-negotiate the de...
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