Since we're so close geographically and since we both have large trade deficits with Japan, why shouldn't we buy products from each other instead of from Japan?
既然距離近，又都對日本有大量入超，為什麼不能把原要向日本採購的貨品，盡可能改向對方買呢？大家常有一個誤會，以為中韓貿易都是韓國佔便宜。其實不然。我曾經把過去十幾年兩國間貿易總數加起來，是我們出超，他們入超。