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Our government has decided to abandon the World Trade Organization (WTO) as a developing country. Trump's pressure has raised concerns over trade disputes with the United States.

First reporter Hanjoo Han delivers.

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The government held a meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Economic Relations and decided not to claim developing country preferences in the WTO negotiations.

The country where President Trump lives well was forced to give up developing country preferences and eventually gave up.

The government just explained that it would reserve and exercise the right to flexibly negotiate the most sensitive areas of agriculture.

Korea currently maintains its status as a developing country only in the fields of agriculture and climate change, and the government is stating that there will be no harm to agriculture right now.

There is no change in current tariffs and subsidies until the next WTO negotiations.

However, if negotiations resume and the opening of the agricultural market expands, it will inevitably hurt our agriculture.

Especially in the case of rice, it is decreasing until recent consumption, and importing even cheap rice adds to the difficulty.

The government says it will devise measures to prevent damages and increase the competitiveness of agriculture in the event of an impact on the agricultural sector.

But farmers' groups reacted.

About 30 people, including farmers' representatives, gathered in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Jongno in Seoul to condemn the government's decision and demand the withdrawal.

The government's abandonment of developing countries seems to be attributable to concerns over other trade disputes with the United States.

Korea is scheduled to negotiate auto tariffs and defense costs with the United States.