Blue House Policy Officer Lee Ho-seung said, "I don't think that's the case," when asked if China is likely to engage in economic retaliation like THAAD's over the results of the Korea-US summit.
Mr. Lee appeared on the CBS radio'Kim Hyun-jung's News Show' on the morning of the 25th, saying, "It is a prediction that is too advanced" and "It is not such an atmosphere at all."
Regarding the decision of the Korean-US leader to establish a'comprehensive vaccine partnership', Lee said, "This is the result of the agreement of our intention to make Korea a vaccine production hub" Raising the level will help improve domestic quarantine capabilities and strengthen external bargaining power in the mid to long term,” he predicted.
In particular, he explained, “I was surprised to see that Modena Screw left only simple bottling operations to Samsung Biologics.
Regarding the issue of authority to determine the vaccine supplier, he predicted that "the level of cooperation will increase in areas such as licensing and direct investment, beyond simple consignment production," and "more rights will come to us in the process."
"From a company's point of view, it would be the best in terms of efficiency to bring vaccines produced in Korea directly to Korea," he repeatedly stressed that the fact that domestic production takes place is of great significance.
Mr. Lee pointed out that'we've got less than Korean companies announced an investment contract of 44 trillion won'. Didn't it happen three times," he rebutted, "I became a partner recognized by the United States in front of the world watching."
Lee Jae-yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, said, "It is true that we have received a lot of recommendations, but we must also consider the public sentiment as well as the economy."
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