The United States and South Korea washing machine war was once the hubbub, and with the Korean government's public voice, but also to the success of this trade war to the national level.However, surprisingly, 'washing machine war' has not yet rivals, According to the Korean media reports that the US-South Korean trade war is likely to burn to the vacuum cleaner.
It is understood that the Korea Electronics Association (Korea Electronics Association) recently released a report that the current US company Whirlpool has been imported for the Korean imports of trade protection applications, but this is only a start, similar to similar trade disputes are likely to Vacuum cleaner field again staged.
According to the data provided by the Korea Electronics Industry Promotion Association, Whirlpool currently produces 200,000 washing machines in the United States each year, equivalent to 4.8% of its annual washing machine production, while Whirlpool in the US washing machine market share of 2%. From the data point of view, Whirlpool Washing machine in the United States is really an embarrassing existence, the local brand even dry but the goods, really is people face no light.
However, slightly comfort is that the vacuum cleaner project is still reserved for the Whirlpool. It is understood that the current Whirlpool in the United States each year to produce 570000 units of vacuum cleaners, equivalent to the annual vacuum cleaner production of 52.3%, Whirlpool in the United States vacuum cleaner market The share of 25%. Whirlpool, the importance of vacuum cleaner project is self-evident.
When the problem comes, after the washing machine, Whirlpool will not import vacuum cleaner trade protection measures? Considering that the United States is currently the world's largest consumer electronics consumer market, so the Korean media generally believe that the United States will take a more robust and extensive Trade protection measures.
In fact, since the new US President Trump came to power, he advocated the unilateral trade measures, and this and the previous US government tried to avoid the desalination of the United States, the United States and the United States, Trade frictions, such as the World Trade Organization and other international arbitration organizations to resolve the dispute, can be said to run counter to.
From this point of view, the back of the tree to spend a good bohemian Whirlpool, continue to move out of some unitary moth, but also really not unexpected .This small series can only say that the US-South Korean trade war is likely to spread, or will burn Vacuum cleaner, do not know how to deal with South Korea?