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Uncertain Prospects for Pending U.S. Bilateral Trade Agreements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2007

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1 See section below: United States and South Korea Sign Major Free Trade Agreement; Prospects Uncertain.

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