STEVE INSKEEP, host: NPR's business news starts with a trade deal covering cars and beef.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, host: And incidentally, a lot more. The U.S. may be entering into its biggest international trade deal since NAFDA. Today, American and South Korean negotiators announced a sweeping plan that they say could increase business between the two countries by as much as 20 percent. The U.S. and South Korea already do more than $70 billion in trade per year. Now in order for this deal to become reality, lawmakers in both countries, including skeptical Democrats in Congress, must first sign off on the deal.
U.S. and South Korean negotiators endorse a plan to expand business between the two countries by up to 20 percent. They already do more than $70 billion in trade a year. Lawmakers in both nations must sign off on the deal.