The Obama administration is vowing to approve long-delayed so-called “free trade” deals with Colombia, Panama and South Korea following congressional approval earlier this week. In a meeting with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, Vice President Joe Biden urged South Korean lawmakers to ratify the accord.

Vice President Joe Biden: “In an oath of our discussions today, it is our mutual hope that your national assembly will ratify it very soon, and this agreement will be recognized by all as a win for both of us and bring—bring the world’s first and 12th largest economies even closer together.”