GLOBALIZATION and FTA
FTA should be the ¡°free trade agreement¡± as it originally stands for. We should trade freely in the same condition comparing to U.S. However, we are not yet ready for do that and that¡¯s the main reason why people remonstrate against the flow of FTA. In terms of most technology and resources, U.S, is absolutely prevalent over Korea. Especially the part of agricultural products, there is no way to protect our crops from the flow of large quantity and cheaper price. If the agreement enters into contract and other countries¡¯ various types of advanced things are prevailed, there would be no opportunity which our native things can grow. And also the willingness to develop our technology would be weakened as time goes by too.
However, there is an expression: swim against the tide. It can be interpreted that any movement against FTA is unnecessary and foolish. In the era of globalization, which is right now, it does make sense. As psychological distance between each country getting nearer, we now have the rights to fulfill our expanded satisfactions. This comes under not only to Korean, also peoples in other countries. If we avoid FTA just because of hardship of now, we cannot meet our higher satisfaction and it can be a waste of our ability to fulfill competitive nations¡¯ contentment. FTA between Korea and U.S. is not a crisis. It is actually a great opportunity to grow more rapidly.