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Passing the U.S. on free trade?

• South Korea and the European Union have signed a free trade deal. Meanwhile a similar agreement reached between the U.S. and South Korea two years ago continues to languish in Congress.

• Scott Lincicome notes more missteps on trade from the Obama Administration.

• It's official: the stimulus package thus far has "saved or created" about 30,000 jobs. Still unknown, however, is how many jobs were destroyed by taking the money out of the private sector.

• Vivek Wadhwa writes on protectionism versus the innovation nation.

• Retribution: the health insurance industry backs away from its deal to support health care legislation and is now being threatened with a $40 billion tax over 10 years.