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Richard N. Haass: “Well, obviously, Anderson, every case is specific. In the case of South Korea, the United States hurt itself…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 2018
Well, obviously, Anderson, every case is specific. In the case of South Korea, the United States hurt itself tremendously by walking away from the Trans-Pacific Partnership which wasn't just a trade agreement but really was a strategic framework for the United States to deal with that -- that entire region and more broadly the fact this president has introduced such a degree of unpredictability even unreliability into U.S. relationships.
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Richard N. Haass

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Richard Haass critiques the U.S. foreign policy under President Trump, particularly regarding the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

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