Within 24 hours of China announcing that it would cut off urea supplies to South Korea, Yoon Suk-yeol began to reshuffle his cabinet, replacing six ministers in one go. It is clear that the current situation in South Korea is not good.
It is reported that in the past two days, news came from South Korea that China has suddenly suspended the customs clearance process of vehicle urea solution exported to South Korea. As soon as the news came out, both South Korea** and the industry fell into anxiety, because the current inventory of urea solution in South Korea can only support them for three months.
What's more, this is not the first time that South Korea has been suspended by China's urea exports, two years ago China suspended the export of automotive urea to South Korea, which once paralyzed South Korea's logistics. You know, South Korea has a whopping 976% of industrial urea is imported from China. South Korea can be said to be completely dependent on China for urea. Therefore, China's move will have a significant impact on South Korea.
However, South Korea's ** has also confirmed to the Chinese side through various channels that China's suspension of urea exports to South Korea is not due to political factors, but to give priority to China's domestic **. Subsequently, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, and other leading ministries immediately held an emergency meeting to discuss countermeasures to the urea issue.
However, it is completely impossible for South Korea to find urea in a short period of time outside China, because China is currently the world's largest producer and exporter of urea, and South Korea's demand for automotive urea is very large, and no other country in China can fill this gap.
Therefore, for South Korea at present, the only way to solve the urgent problem is to turn to China for help. As a result, Yoon Suk-yeol has proposed to China's relevant industrial departments to activate the **chain dialogue channel, so that China and South Korea can start dialogue and consultation as soon as this month.
It is worth mentioning that 24 hours after China cut off urea supplies to South Korea, Yoon Suk-yeol also began a "big reshuffle" of his cabinet. This time, Yoon Suk-yeol replaced the heads of 6 departments in one go. It has been learned that in the past two days, the heads of six South Korean ministries, including the vice prime minister and minister of strategy and finance, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry, and Food, have all been replaced.
In addition, before the end of the year, Yoon Suk-yeol will make another adjustment to his cabinet. At this juncture, Yoon Suk-yeol has "reshuffled" the cabinet for at least two reasons. First, we need to prepare well for next year's election of members of the National Assembly. Since Yoon Suk-yeol took office, his cabinet's approval ratings have been declining. According to the latest poll results, Yoon Suk-yeol's approval rating for his administration is only 376%, down 05%。
If this trend continues, next year's election of members of the National Assembly will inevitably suffer. Therefore, Yoon Suk-yeol is trying to regain his approval rating by "making a big change" to his cabinet in preparation for next year's parliamentary election. Second, to solve the country's domestic economic problems. At present, South Korea's inflation rate is rising, economic growth is slowing, and the ** chain is also facing more and more challenges.
Under these circumstances, Yoon Suk-yeol is trying to stabilize the management structure by reshuffling the cabinet, and this time Yoon Suk-yeol has rectified all departments that are linked to the economy, except for the Ministry of National Newspapers and Honors. Although this move does not really play a big role in South Korea's economic problems, it can be regarded as an explanation to the South Korean people.
However, there are many voices of dissatisfaction in South Korea with Yoon Suk-yeol's reshuffle, and the Democratic Party of Korea, the largest opposition party in South Korea, criticized Yoon Suk-yeol for his hasty reshuffle just to fill the vacancy in the National Assembly election. In addition, Kwon Qi-seung, the chief spokesman of the Democratic Party of Korea, also pointed out that the ** involved in the Park Geun-hye scandal has also been reused this time, and asked Yoon Suk-yeol ** Is there no one available?
It can be seen that Yoon Suk-yeol is in a very bad situation at present, especially facing considerable challenges on economic issues. It is clear that a simple reshuffle will not really solve the problem. Next, South Korea is likely to make some adjustments in foreign policy, at least at this juncture, Yoon Suk-yeol ** needs to ease relations with China.
Of course, today's situation is also caused by Yin Xiyue. Since Yoon Suk-yeol took office, he has devoted most of his energy to currying favor with countries such as the United States and Japan, thus ignoring South Korea's real thorny problems. It is precisely because of Yoon Suk-yeol's imbalance in foreign policy that South Korea's future development will be limited, and if Yoon Suk-yeol continues to play stupid in this regard, South Korea's losses will continue to expand.