Traktaten mellem EU og Korea bliver den første anvendelse af den nye EU-handelsdoktrin om det globale Europa, en doktrin, der er yderst kontroversiel, ikke mindst fordi den søger så dybe markedsadgangsforhold gennem fjernelse af alle former for barrierer for total importpenetration, netop på et tidspunkt, hvor flere og flere bliver klar over, at der er rigtig mange tabere og blot enkelte vindere i en fuldstændig liberaliseret global økonomi.
The EU-Korea Treaty will be the first application of the new EU trade doctrine Global Europe, a doctrine that is highly controversial, not least because it seeks such deep market access conditions through the removal of all kinds of barriers to all-out import penetration, precisely at a time when more and more people are becoming aware that there are very many losers as well as some winners in a completely liberalised global economy.