The other is to set up operations with ASEAN, as China Steel has begun doing in recent years. Analysts believe that ASEAN Plus Three will have a greater impact on Taiwan than any of the other ASEAN Plus arrangements, largely because Korea's exports so closely resemble those of Taiwan. How will Taiwanese products compete when Korean products are able to ride the zero-tariff provisions into the 2-billion-person ASEAN Plus Three market?
一般認為，在各種「東協加 N」組合中，「東協加 3」自由貿易區對台灣影響最大，主要因韓國出口產品和台灣相似度高達 8 至 9 成，若韓國產品能利用零關稅優勢橫掃這 20 億人口的大市場，台灣產品將如何競爭？