Comments on: Live Bloggin’ Notes on a Program - Omnibus http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/25/live-bloggin-notes-on-a-program-2/ Korea... in Blog Format Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:22:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Andy Jackson http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/25/live-bloggin-notes-on-a-program-2/#comment-50242 Andy Jackson Mon, 25 Sep 2006 03:02:30 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/25/live-bloggin-notes-on-a-program-2/#comment-50242 The "China card" is a good play on Kassinger's part, IMHO. Korean business fear what will happend when the Chinese start to muscle in on "their" business sectors (computer chips and such) like they muscled in on "Japan's" sectors like ship building back in the 70s. Frankly, I think the Korean government would get more traction selling the FTA to a public if they sold it in terms of beating out the Chinese. The “China card” is a good play on Kassinger’s part, IMHO. Korean business fear what will happend when the Chinese start to muscle in on “their” business sectors (computer chips and such) like they muscled in on “Japan’s” sectors like ship building back in the 70s.

Frankly, I think the Korean government would get more traction selling the FTA to a public if they sold it in terms of beating out the Chinese.

]]> By: michael http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/25/live-bloggin-notes-on-a-program-2/#comment-50241 michael Mon, 25 Sep 2006 02:06:05 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/25/live-bloggin-notes-on-a-program-2/#comment-50241 LOL, what is this conference called? Spell check is your friend, my friend! "the guy behind me just ripped open with a series of belches" That describes most of the ajossis in my office every day. LOL, what is this conference called? Spell check is your friend, my friend!

“the guy behind me just ripped open with a series of belches” That describes most of the ajossis in my office every day.

]]> By: Robert Koehler http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/25/live-bloggin-notes-on-a-program-2/#comment-50240 Robert Koehler Mon, 25 Sep 2006 01:51:47 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/25/live-bloggin-notes-on-a-program-2/#comment-50240 Christ, George. I know I asked you to live blog this thing, but don't do it all in individual posts. Do it in ONE POST and UPDATE it! Christ, George. I know I asked you to live blog this thing, but don’t do it all in individual posts. Do it in ONE POST and UPDATE it!

]]> By: Sperwer http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/25/live-bloggin-notes-on-a-program-2/#comment-50239 Sperwer Mon, 25 Sep 2006 01:46:17 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/25/live-bloggin-notes-on-a-program-2/#comment-50239 Hmm. that was supposed to show up as a cfomment to the segment on Han Duck-Soo Hmm. that was supposed to show up as a cfomment to the segment on Han Duck-Soo

]]> By: Sperwer http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/25/live-bloggin-notes-on-a-program-2/#comment-50237 Sperwer Mon, 25 Sep 2006 01:43:01 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/09/25/live-bloggin-notes-on-a-program-2/#comment-50237 On the face of it this is very disappointing. Han is generally known in the foreign ivestment community as a stalwart advocate of the interests of foreign investors, and is credited for playing a very important role in seeing that the openings legislated in the aftermath of the '97 financial crisis were actually implemented in the way they were advertised. That being said, he's also a very experienced bureaucratic insider who obviously picks his waves and doesn't try to shoot the pipeline if it isn't there. So the question is whether Han is limning the politics of the FTA as the art of the possible or blowing smoke up the backsides of the local opponents of the FTA. If the former, I wonder if he realizes that the battle already has been lost, since as your post suggests the US doesn't appear to be in the mood for mere horse-trading if the result can't be legitimately and persuasively advertised as an instance of (more or less) FREE trade. On the face of it this is very disappointing. Han is generally known in the foreign ivestment community as a stalwart advocate of the interests of foreign investors, and is credited for playing a very important role in seeing that the openings legislated in the aftermath of the ‘97 financial crisis were actually implemented in the way they were advertised. That being said, he’s also a very experienced bureaucratic insider who obviously picks his waves and doesn’t try to shoot the pipeline if it isn’t there. So the question is whether Han is limning the politics of the FTA as the art of the possible or blowing smoke up the backsides of the local opponents of the FTA. If the former, I wonder if he realizes that the battle already has been lost, since as your post suggests the US doesn’t appear to be in the mood for mere horse-trading if the result can’t be legitimately and persuasively advertised as an instance of (more or less) FREE trade.

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