Three completed trade agreements (with South Korea, Panama, and Colombia) have been languishing for years, mostly because of deep opposition to free trade from labor unions and the Democratic Party. Republicans have historically been more supportive of such bilateral free-trade agreements.
但在经济外交政策方面则存在着许多问题。三项全面贸易条约（与韩国，巴拿马和哥伦比亚）已经在工会和民主党的阻挠下拖延了几年时间。而共和党一直以来对这类双边自由贸易条约都是表示支持的。