International Trade committee  What they think about protecting investments from Canada?

International Trade committee  Actually, I think it's kind of old history. For a while, Koreans didn't want to open their market to something like that, but the most important thing—as I mentioned—is that Korea is more familiar, actually, with the U.S.A. than with Canada. We didn't know a great deal. Even me,

International Trade committee  I taught many people, as I mentioned, many Koreans, like the next generation. I taught many Korean students, so I hope if Canadian companies hire these kinds of people, it's very beneficial, not only for Canada, but Korea. I've already heard that some company based in B.C. hires

International Trade committee  For both of them, yes.

International Trade committee  Sometimes I'm speculating.

International Trade committee  I also provide a festival. It's called the Canada Korea Literary Festival. I'm actually a poet and I started that festival five years ago. We invite Canadian poets and they read their Canadian poetry in English. Then we translate it into Korean. We introduce Canadian literature t

International Trade committee  Yes, sure, definitely, I think so.

International Trade committee  Yes, I think so because the only people who are against the FTA are....As I mentioned, we can export cars, or something like that, made by Hyundai and Kia. I think there may be a 6% decrease in the price of the car, so then you can export more cars. The benefit of exporting cars

International Trade committee  Yes, definitely. If a Canadian company makes a partnership with a Korean company, it's very easy to go to China, and not only China, but also east Asia. I don't know about Japan, because Japan doesn't want to import some products. You can go directly to China, but I think makin

International Trade committee  Are you asking about the capacity of Korea?

International Trade committee  It is my honour and pleasure to be a witness in front of the members of the standing committee on international trade. I am Korean Canadian, president of Kocani Biz and Edu, a Korean-Canadian business interest consulting company. I have a Ph.D. in economics, but I majored mainly