Posted on 11/12/2010 12:06:38 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
SEOUL, South Korea — President Obama’s hopes of emerging from his Asia trip with the twin victories of a free trade agreement with South Korea and a unified approach to spurring economic growth around the world ran into resistance on all fronts on Thursday, putting Mr. Obama at odds with his key allies and largest trading partners.
The most concrete trophy expected to emerge from the trip eluded his grasp: a long-delayed free trade agreement with South Korea, first negotiated by the Bush administration and then reopened by Mr. Obama, to have greater protections for American workers.
And as officials frenetically tried to paper over differences among the Group of 20 members with a vaguely worded communiqué to be issued Friday, there was no way to avoid discussion of the fundamental differences of economic strategy. After five largely harmonious meetings in the past two years to deal with the most severe downturn since the Depression, major disputes broke out between Washington and China, Britain, Germany and Brazil.
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He is giving his speech now on FOX about the great success he was on this trip. Reporters are not buying it. This is going to be the rapid decline in his Presidency that will facilitate his not running in “12.
These trade deals are worked out in advance and the fact that S Korea told him to go to hell when he sits down shows how much dislike there really is with our foreign friends.
you do realize that there a bunch of crazy commies to its north
I just saw his “News Conference”. He reminded me of a guy I saw yesterday on the way to work standing on the Median. . Obama needs an Orange Safety Vest and a Paper Cup.
You do realize that a rhetorical question of that nature begs its own answer?
Disgraceful. It makes me physically sick. He ought to not even return to the USA, but we sure as heck don't want him stuck here in Japan! (or using US troops in Japan or Korea as further background props and borrowed companions for his teleprompter, like he did yesterday)
Hell bent on destruction, his plans are questioned.
Maybe he and his Pet Parrots in the WH Press Corpse could find a nice little Island someplace.
You mean maybe Japan doesn’t feel so bad for being snubbed out of a visit?
Just what are we going to sell the South Koreans ?
TV sets ?
Or, wait till the messiah is gone and then do the deal sans irrational labor union demands inserted to kill it.
Korea is not the problem. American unions are the problem.
I thought that the current U.S. trade strategy was crafted by the AFL-CIO and Nancy Pelosi.
SK ships us LG washing machines.
We ship them Maytags.
SK’s laugh.
The Fed must go, it is too politicized, and is not accountable to the people of our nation.
Obama is the laughing stock of the G-20 conference.
The delegates there regard him as a wooley headed muppet from Sesame Street.The blah-dee-blah-blah from this pompous pretender is hillarious to them.
Obama's fascist "One World Economy" approach will never work on the Chinese, they mean to destroy Obama completely. That became evident at the Environmental summmit in Stockholm. I wish the Chinese the very best of luck and hope they succeed.I am rooting for China to make short work of Obama.
BTW, why do the Chicoms dislike the dude Obamster? Its simple really. Commies detest fascists. They recognize Obama for what he really is.
Meanwhile watch all that newly printed QE2 money from monetizing the debt shoot over to Malaysia and Indonesia, at the urging of the neocolonialist Obama. Irritate the Dragon Obama!(The Chinese are going to kick Obamas butt, since America itself has not yet completed that job.)
它去中国！踢奥巴马的屁股！愿神与你在一起。
Tā qù zhōngguó! Tī ào bā mǎ de pìgu! Yuàn shén yǔ nǐ zài yīqǐ.
Zögern Sie nicht Deutschland! Besiegt Obama. Sie vor allem anderen zu erkennen Obamas Faschismus. Mögen die Götter mit dir sein.
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