Martial Arts, President Moon's New Year's Address Praised for "High Commitment to Becoming a Leading Nation and Fostering Advanced Technologies"

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Hyunjin] The Korea International Trade Association (KITA) welcomed President Moon Jae-in's "2022 New Year's Address" announced on the 3rd, stating, "We welcome the determination to do our best until the end of the term to restore the livelihoods affected by COVID-19 and to leap forward as a leading nation."

KITA expressed its position, saying, "We highly evaluate the government's policy direction to proactively respond to the global supply chain restructuring and technological competition as a trade and export powerhouse, and to focus on fostering national strategic industries and advanced technologies."

KITA emphasized, "We hope the government will accelerate the implementation of the 'Korean New Deal' policy and industry-specific 'K-strategies' in response to the rapidly changing global trade order, including nationalism, protectionism, and carbon neutrality," adding, "Our cultural content, which is expanding globally, should be actively exported and industrialized." They also urged, "Please support corporate innovation and challenges in response to the transition to carbon neutrality and inject dynamism into our economy through the spread of the second venture boom."

KITA added, "We will closely cooperate with the government to continue the achievements of last year's record shortest time to reach $1 trillion in trade and the highest export performance ever this year," and stated, "We will actively support the digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises, resolve import-export logistics difficulties, restructure global supply chains, and promote startup open innovation, doing our best for the full recovery of our economy and its leap to a leading nation."

Earlier, President Moon said in his 2022 New Year's Address, "In the new year 2022, we will make it the first year to completely overcome the crisis and normalize. We will vigorously open the era of a leading nation ahead of the world."

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