Bush administration batting 1.000

They really can't do one single thing right. NKorea, Iraq, Iran, Katrina, bin Laden. The damn list goes on and on. Now its SKorea trade agreements.

South Korea and the United States ended free trade talks in Seoul Friday without a major breakthrough to tear down trade barriers.

During the five-day discussions, negotiators from the two countries haggled over disputed sectors, such as U.S. anti-dumping and countervailing rules, and opening of South Korea's auto, drug and beef markets.

But they failed to produce progress at this round of talks, held amid strong protests by farmers and anti-globalization activists opposing free trade with the United States because they believe it would hurt South Korea's industries and economy.

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