Last weekend, we reported that President Trump was seriously considering withdrawing from the U.S.-Korea free trade deal, known as KORUS.
Turns out Trump’s withdrawal from KORUS was much more than a serious consideration. It was as close as it gets to a done deal, stalled at the last minute by senior officials who raised concerns with Chief of Staff General, John Kelly, that the president hadn’t been fully briefed before making such a consequential decision.
I’ve spent the past week piecing together what happened with the KORUS trade deal, talking to sources with knowledge of what happened.
Read more at Axios
