"Don't give up food sovereignty to sell cars"··· Jeju farmers' road, urging to halt review of CPTPP membership

Jeju Farmers' Path, an organization comprising six agricultural groups in Jeju, issued a statement last month 29th urging the government to halt the review of joining the CPTPP (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership). In the statement, Jeju Farmers' Path said, "We breathed a sigh of relief hearing that additional opening of agricultural products was blocked in the U.S. tariff negotiations, but the government has started reviewing the CPTPP membership in response to Trump's protectionist trade policy, which had been previously suspended." They pointed out, "Pretending to protect agriculture in the U.S. tariff negotiations, the government now openly proposes to open the agricultural market." They continued, "What has changed in the conditions for joining the CPTPP between the past government and the current Lee Jae-myung government, and what has changed in the content of the agreement?" They argued, "Nothing has changed, and we will be in a situation ...