The various suppliers in Asia with whom NBD has supply contracts for the components that NBD uses in its manufacturing do not always honor the specific terms of the contracts that NBD has entered into with them. Particularly where market prices have shifted significantly, they insist that the contracts represent a partnership and that each partner should help protect the other from losing money on the deal. They say that the relationship is more important than the contract terms.

Yoon would like the international task force to research and provide an analysis of the issues and recommendations on how to approach them.