A comprehensive new account of U.S. aid to Pakistan was prepared by the Congressional Research Service this week. See “Pakistan: U.S. Foreign Assistance,” June 7, 2011.
Also newish from CRS is “Imports from North Korea: Existing Rules, Implications of the KORUS FTA, and the Kaesong Industrial Complex,” May 24, 2011.
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