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Assessing Participation in the ISO/IEC Standards Development by Country

ISO/IEC에서의 국가별 무역기술표준 개발 참여 평가

  • Kim, Na-Young (Center for International Commerce and Strategy, Seoul University)
  • 김나영 (서울대학교 국제통상전략센터)
  • Received : 2019.08.05
  • Accepted : 2019.08.20
  • Published : 2019.08.31
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Abstract

A country's participation in international technical standards development directly relates to its trade competitiveness. Many countries adopt international standards or influence their development process through the ISO/IEC. This study applies the ABCD Model to assess such activities through a constructed ITS index, not only in terms of 'level' of contribution but also in terms of 'process' participation that can give important implications related to the future potential influence of countries in standards development. Having examined seven countries, Korea showed the lowest score implying the need to enhance its performance in both 'international standards adoption' and 'internationalization of domestic standards'. Korea needs to more actively participate in currently on-going standards development processes, establish more offices that improve accuracy in the development, and consider participating in additional committees where domestic interests may potentially be at stake. Although KATS has improved greatly in regards to its relevant activities and database construction, a more active and specific plan must be made to allow its efforts to successfully influence Korea in international standards development. Confronted with strong challenges from directly competing countries in trade like China and Japan that showed better ITS scores, there is a need for Korea to step up its research and participation in this field.

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