星期三, 6月 23, 2010

Sharing the Book Report of Lessons in Life Ex-9

23/6/2010
Sharing the Book Report of Lessons in Life
Ex-9 What is Globalization?

(Kar) It’s quite difficult for farmers in poor countries to sell their crops with lower price. It’s because that they depend their produces to support their families for other expenses. However, they might not get a large harvest every time. Conversely, they often face the extreme weather: their crops were destroyed by typhoons or died during the drought. It causes them to get much hard in their lives but their government seldom helps them.

In the meantime, governments of rich countries usually sell crops to poor countries with an inexpensive price. It’s extremely hard for farmers in poor countries to earn their rice. Crying out for a more level playing-field, their voices have not been heard. Consequently, they demonstrate in every country where the WTO meets.

If the rich corporations had provided a level playing-field for underdeveloped countries, the violent demonstrations of opposing world trade wouldn't have been happened.