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(뉴스) 2013.08.08 - Did Obama rightly intervene in Apple dispute?
최고관리자 | 13-08-08 12:27
Did Obama rightly intervene in Apple dispute?
U.S. President Barack Obama’s recent decision to intervene in the high-profile patent dispute between Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics has ruffled many a feather in Korea, and U.S. media reports cheering on Obama are not helping the situation. Regardless of whether Obama did the right thing, the biggest complaint here is about the amount of strain the move has placed on relations between the two countries, with many asking if Korea could have done the same if the tables were turned. “Samsung people and even ordinary Koreans are asking themselves, would the Korean government have been able to stick to its guns the way Obama is said to have done if the same situation had occurred vice versa?” said one source close to Samsung who wished to remain anonymous. “No, and that’s why they feel disillusioned and shortchanged somehow.” Korea’s Trade Ministry lodged an official complaint, but that was about all the government could do. Over the weekend, the U.S. president exercised his veto authority for the first time since 1987 to disable the International Trade Commission from blocking older Apple devices including the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPad2 from entering the country.
* intervene in ~ = ~에 개입하다/ high-profile = 세간의 이목을 끄는/ ruffle (a person's/a few) feathers = 화나게 하다, 신경을 건드리다/ strain = 부담, 중압(압박)(감)/ tables are turned = 주객이 전도, 입장이 바뀌었다면/ stick to(stand by) one's guns = 자기의 입장을 고수하다/ anonymous = 익명인/ disillusioned (by/with) = 환멸을 느끼다/ shortchanged = 부당한 대우를 받다; 속임을 당하다/ veto = 거부권
U.S. President Barack Obama’s recent decision to intervene in the high-profile patent dispute between Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics has ruffled many a feather in Korea, and U.S. media reports cheering on Obama are not helping the situation. Regardless of whether Obama did the right thing, the biggest complaint here is about the amount of strain the move has placed on relations between the two countries, with many asking if Korea could have done the same if the tables were turned. “Samsung people and even ordinary Koreans are asking themselves, would the Korean government have been able to stick to its guns the way Obama is said to have done if the same situation had occurred vice versa?” said one source close to Samsung who wished to remain anonymous. “No, and that’s why they feel disillusioned and shortchanged somehow.” Korea’s Trade Ministry lodged an official complaint, but that was about all the government could do. Over the weekend, the U.S. president exercised his veto authority for the first time since 1987 to disable the International Trade Commission from blocking older Apple devices including the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPad2 from entering the country.
* intervene in ~ = ~에 개입하다/ high-profile = 세간의 이목을 끄는/ ruffle (a person's/a few) feathers = 화나게 하다, 신경을 건드리다/ strain = 부담, 중압(압박)(감)/ tables are turned = 주객이 전도, 입장이 바뀌었다면/ stick to(stand by) one's guns = 자기의 입장을 고수하다/ anonymous = 익명인/ disillusioned (by/with) = 환멸을 느끼다/ shortchanged = 부당한 대우를 받다; 속임을 당하다/ veto = 거부권
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