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[jdog2050]

[bovinerebel]

Samsung and Lg will be destoyed the moment china learns how to market and create brands. LG was Goldstar a few years back...If I was a rock star I wouldn't even throw a goldstar out of a window for the shame of being associated with one. Now there's a perception that it's "good" while it's really the same chunky cr@p with a nice little shiny marketing campaign.

[Imrahil]

My wife is getting pissed off at the protests. The last few nights she has sat infront of the TV watching all the news about the protesters and complaining about them to me. She wants the beef deal to come through and thinks most of the koreans are acting stupid. She is very worried about how the protests are going to hurt Korea long term. She is also worried about the possible end to the FTA.

[Seoul_Star]

I'd imagine that Korea is a large market for US beef, and that US suppliers can't find other places to dump their beef to offset the losses of cutting Korea off entirely.

What I'd really like to see is American beef suppliers voluntarily cutting off supply, followed by a large price increase by Australian and Korean suppliers to the point where the average Korean family will have trouble paying for beef. Higher taxes on Korean goods could certainly subsidize losses that American exporters would face. Despite what some said about Americans being "addicted" to Korean products, the Japanese have always done it better (cars, electronics, consumer goods). Korean companies are doing a better job of marketing in the USA. Japanese companies need to learn how to start marketing their products in the USA again and stop letting Korean companies edge into and control the markets.

[spliff]

Hmmm, I would imagine "the average Korean family" already has problems paying for beef...it's not exactly cheap. The problem as I see it is not mad cow but the Korean beef producers who would be put out of business if cheap US beef became available.

[wylies99]

Spliff, they'll sell more at a lower price (and lower profit margin). They'll be fine.

They wanted the entire pie to themselves and, now, they're bringing down the entire house of cards known as the Korean economy.