re market access in article apr leland stanford edu underdog leland stanford edu dwight joe writes in article apr eecs nwu edu andrew eecs nwu edu andrew sung hyun kim writes what about the rice import issue of course it is not closed up like a shell but how open is it compared to to us japan is much more open than korea yes a pontiac grand am suffers a factor of increase in price when it is exported to japan however a dodge vehicle the one that congressman gephardt mentioned suffers a factor of increase in price when it is exported to korea a ford taurus suffers the same problem a honda accord costs i am not making this up in korea just how many people would want to buy a honda accord for solution all ships carrying korean made vehicles should be returned to seoul pronto until as such time as korea decides that it wants to abide by the rules of free and fair trade with the usa and japan now now before we get too carried away here keep in mind that owning any car in korea is a luxury that only the ruling class can afford every government agency worth its salt finds some reason to levy a tax on car ownership last i heard there were seven different fees to pay to own a car i believe this is the sort of petty bureaucratic inefficiency that new president kim young sam wants to eradicate basically i think the rules came into place as bureaucrats from plebian backgrounds wanted to wreak revenge on the ruling class in exchange zaibatsu s like hyundai screwed over smaller companies perpetuating a vicious cycle i have faith that korean people can potentially build cars as well as anyone else but for now hyundai cars seem to reflect the tensions within society of screwy components that won t work together stubborn like a mule the car either won t go forward or won t stop at all
