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<div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://foe.org/news/trumps-revisions-u-s-korea-trade-deal-promise-air-pollution-global-warming/" class="">https://foe.org/news/trumps-revisions-u-s-korea-trade-deal-promise-air-pollution-global-warming/</a><o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="347" height="145" style="" id="Picture_x0020_1" class="" apple-inline="yes" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D3C51B.5F1002B0"><o:p class=""></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 36pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Trump’s revisions of U.S. – Korea trade deal promise more air pollution and global warming<o:p class=""></o:p></span></h1><p class="post-author" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:18.75pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: inherit;max-height: 1e+06px;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-size: 15pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">March 26, 2018<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="p1" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:18.75pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: inherit;max-height: 1e+06px;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px">
<span class="s1"><b class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">WASHINGTON, D.C. –</span></b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""> <span class="s1">Donald Trump today reached an agreement in principle on a revised
U.S.- South Korea trade deal that would open the door to more exports of U.S. cars and trucks that fail to meet Korea’s auto emissions standards.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="p1" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:18.75pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: inherit;max-height: 1e+06px;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px">
<span class="s1"><b class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Bill Waren, senior trade analyst at Friends of the Earth</span></b></span><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""> issued the following response:</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="p4" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:18.75pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: inherit;max-height: 1e+06px;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px">
<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Donald Trump has coerced South Korea into accepting changes in the U.S.-Korea trade agreement that would increase exports of U.S. cars that fail to meet Korea’s auto emissions standards.
The revised trade deal would allow U.S. companies to annually export 50,000 vehicles that fail to meet Korea’s standards compared to the 25,000 vehicle quota in the old trade deal. Trump’s lack of concern about clean air standards, public health and climate
change threatens people and the planet.</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="p1" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:18.75pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: inherit;max-height: 1e+06px;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px">
<span class="s1"><b class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Expert contact: </span></b></span><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">William Waren, (202) 222-0746, <a href="mailto:WWarren@foe.org" class=""><span class="s2"><span style="color:#149637;text-decoration:none" class="">WWaren@foe.org</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><br class="">
<span class="s1"><b class="">Communications contact:</b> Patrick Davis, (202) 222-0744, <a href="mailto:pdavis@foe.org" class=""><span class="s2"><span style="color:#149637;text-decoration:none" class="">pdavis@foe.org</span></span></a></span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://foe.org/issues/economics-for-the-earth/" class=""><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#A6A6A6;background:#F4F4F4" class="">Finance & Economic Systems</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p>
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