Tactics, tactics, tactics

Korean professional protesters farmer and the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition held anti-FTA demonstrations in Washington today. To their credit, the protests were reportedly peaceful. What caught my eye was this line in a CBS piece on the protests:

Negotiation experts are suggesting that the anti-FTA demonstrations could be appropriately used during the trade talks. Prof. Kim Ki-hong of Busan National University said, “By conveying the mood of the protests against the liberalization of trade in agriculture goods, [negotiators] could lead the negotiation atmosphere in a favorable direction.”

You know, I’d pay good money to see a Korean trade negotiator try that.

This entry was written by Robert Koehler, posted on June 5, 2006 at 2:02 pm, filed under ROK-US Issues. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

3 Comments

  1. gbevers your flag
    Posted June 5, 2006 at 2:25 pm | Permalink

    That is a tactic that Korea seems to have used many times in the past, but surely US negotiators have caught on by now, though I would not bet money on it.

  2. snow your flag
    Posted June 5, 2006 at 2:27 pm | Permalink

    Ah yes, the ANSWER coalition, always working in the best interests of others versus those of the US.

  3. judge judy your flag
    Posted June 5, 2006 at 10:31 pm | Permalink

    i like the “bush go home” banner they’re carrying in the pic. i truly hope that was from a recent protest at the capital.

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