Ju Biung-ghi, chairman of the Korea Fair Trade Commission, flew to New York recently for Fordham’s annual conference on international antitrust law and policy. Per Korean press reports, the purpose of the visit was to explain his government’s position as to how it treats American companies and to defuse a growing dispute with Washington.

He didn’t succeed. In fact, if the U.S. Congress has its way, it will be his last trip to the United States for a while.