At the same time, our domestic heavy industry has been hampered by soaring overheads in land, labor and environmental protection and an apparently faltering climate. In addition, with Taiwan being so close to Korea, reductions in tariffs and market liberalization have naturally made us the target of Korea's export drive.
偏偏這段時間中，我們的重化工業因土地、勞工及環保成本上漲，而呈現停頓狀態；加上離韓國近，又正大步降低關稅、開放市場，自然成了韓國過剩產品銷售的目標。