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Our government has finally given up on the status of developing nations of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Trump's demand for a waiver of preferential preferential treatment has raised concerns about trade disputes with the United States.

I am a reporter.

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The government held a meeting of the Minister for Foreign Economic Affairs 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 hold 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's abandonment of developing countries appears to be concerned about other trade disputes with the United States.

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

In future negotiations, the government says it will work to protect sensitive agricultural sectors such as rice.

He also said that if the impact on agriculture occurs, he will devise countermeasures for damage and continue to make efforts to raise competitiveness in the agricultural sector.