I don't think that is the informed opinion of the key leaders in Congress today.
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We have long supported North-South dialog as the key to peace and reunification of the peninsula.
Fair, free, and open world markets -- that's what we want; that's what we're working for; and in the end, that's what we are determined to get.
We will relentlessly pursue negotiations to end subsidies that distort markets and that restrict trade.
Our commitment, the commitment of the United States to the people there, will remain; and it will remain firm.
But I don't think anybody would want to suggest that we would leave people with no humanitarian aid.
H.R. 5 would make capital more costly in the United States, cutting into economic growth, productivity, new jobs, and triggering higher interest rates.
I believe it is in Korea's self-interest to work to preserve this system.





