Trump X Musk...How does it affect the Korean scientific community?

[Anchor]
The election of former President Trump is expected to have a significant impact on Korea's science and technology policy.

Artificial intelligence, space, and cryptocurrency have been identified as key targets for fostering, and regulations on them are also expected to be drastically eliminated.

Trump is hostile to immigrants, but the outflow of scientific talent in Korea is expected to remain.

I'm reporter Jang A-young.

[Reporter]
Elon Musk, who became the "Kingmaker" of the second Trump administration, shot at the Biden administration last year at the AI summit, saying, "The government can start regulating without even knowing what to do."

[Elon Musk (UK AI Summit in November last year): We start with insight. There is a lot of concern among people in the AI sector that the government will apply the rules hastily even before they know what to do. At least we will be able to set up an independent third-party referee.]

If Musk heads the Trump government's efficiency committee, he will be behind the wheel himself beyond delivering the voice of big tech.

Definitely bolstering innovation over regulation, the technology gap between the United States and other countries is more likely to widen than it is now.

Changes are also required in our government's big picture of leading artificial intelligence international norms.

[Yoon Jeong-hyun / Researcher of the National Institute for Security Strategy: The U.S. has promoted technology development, and I think that the balance structure that has been done in Europe can be quite shaken in a way.]

{기후}The climate crisis is a scam', and Musk, CEO of EVs, where they disagree most is the environment.

In an interview the two did on X last summer, Trump was consistent jokingly about the climate crisis.

[Donald Trump (talking to Musk last August): As you know, the biggest threat facing humanity is not global warming. Over the next 400 years, sea levels will rise by one-eighth of an inch, and there will be more ocean view properties. Isn't it so?]

Amid the prospect that subsidies for eco-friendly cars will be discarded, some analysts say that environmental issues can be used as a means of checking China.

[Kim Hyuk-joong / Deputy Researcher of North America and Europe at the Institute for International Economic Policy: This is from the Lighthizer book. As you can see in the book, 'Carbon Border Adjustment Tax'? OK, I think it's good, if it's a law that can reflect American interests exclusively, it's tempting for Trump as well....]

There is also a prospect that anti-immigration policies could reduce the outflow of science and technology talents, but
Looking back on the first period of
, some testified that Trump did not miss out on science and technology talents that are directly related to national competitiveness.

30,000 undergraduate and graduate students in science and engineering in Korea head abroad every year.

[Seo Yong-seok / Director of KAIST's National Future Strategy and Technology Policy Institute: He is very tough on immigration and permanent residency, but he signs STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) science and technology talents as a free pass..]

Above all, the Trump administration, which promotes "America First" and deals with China, which sets the day if it benefits the U.S. economically,

Korea also needs a strategic approach that considers technological sovereignty rather than value cooperation.

I'm YTN's Jang Ayoung.



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