• 한국중재학회지:중재연구
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.25-53
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• 2013

With the Korea-China FTA negotiations currently on the line, the importance of research into the FTA dispute settlement system has been increasing. In this paper, a comparison of Korea and China's FTA dispute settlement agreements concluded with ASEAN is contemplated, and implications for the future of the Korea-China FTA have been suggested. The FTA dispute settlement agreements with ASEAN concluded by both Korea and China provide perspectives on both sides. This agreement with ASEAN also provides a standard for the potential Korea-China FTA agreement. Specifically, the basis of these agreements with ASEAN is the same, although there are clear distinctions, described in a more detailed manner. A problem arises when there has been no discussion on dispute settlement agreements in Korea, especially of the agreement with ASEAN, whereas the opposite is true of the China counterpart. In this paper, Chinese academic FTA dispute settlement agreement studies have been also examined.

• 한국의류산업학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.139-148
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• 2016

There is an expanding global network of free trade agreements (FTA). High-quality, comprehensive free trade agreements play an important role to support global trade liberalization and are explicitly allowed under the World Trade Organization (WTO) rules. An FTA is an international treaty that removes barriers to trade and facilitates stronger trade and commercial ties that contribute to increased economic integration between participating countries. Korea benefits from the global FTA trend; however it has started and developed FTA negotiations later than other countries. Current FTA agreements exist with Chile, Singapore, EFTA, ASIAN, India, EU, Peru, USA, Turkey, Australia, and Canada; in addition, there are ongoing negotiations with China, Colombia, New Zealand, and Vietnam. FTA open up opportunities for the textile/clothing industry to expand businesses into key overseas markets. FTA improve market access across all areas of trade to help maintain and stimulate the competitiveness of textile/clothing firms. This study examines the expansion of free trade agreements in light of changes in the international trade environment and the status of the Korean textile/clothing industry. Korea's textile/clothing export/import products and concession of tariff, country of origin covered under Korea-US/China FTA are investigated to identify problems. This study provides practical and policy implications for the textile/clothing industry in regards to the Korea-US/China FTA.

• 수산경영론집
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.45-66
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• 2017

Although the main objective of Free Trade Agreements (FTA) is market integration among member countries, there are limited studies supporting this impact. Our study explores whether FTA has enhanced market integration between South Korea and its FTA partners, focusing on South Korea's fishery product import market. We investigate two research questions concerning FTA impacts: first, whether trade costs declined when South Korea imported fishery products from its FTA partners after the FTA; second, if the speed of the convergence of South Korea-its FTA partners'price differential of imported fishery products on trade costs result to occur more quickly after the FTA. To determine these outcomes, we utilize a Threshold Autoregressive Model covering the sample periods from January 2002 to April 2017. Our findings demonstrate the effects of FTA on market integration are different among FTA partners. FTA has enhanced the market integration between South Korea and Norway, Vietnam, and Spain, respectively, but not for others. Therefore, we find positive evidence of FTA on fishery import market integration between South Korea and Norway, Vietnam and Spain, respectively.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.84-104
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• 2019

Purpose - This paper explains why free trade agreements (FTAs) are more popular than customs unions (CUs) in respect of tariff coordination. Design/methodology - This paper employs an equilibrium theory of trade agreements with tariff coordination. I set up three-country partial equilibrium model with competing exporters. Domestic and exporting firms decide their optimal production under given tariffs and each country levies its tariff under the trade agreements. I found stability of implicit tariff coordination and preference of each country between an FTA and a CU. Findings - I demonstrate that two FTA members can keep their external tariffs higher than separately decided external tariffs by keeping the status-quo. This implicit tariff coordination can benefit each member through trade diversion. In a CU, each member country must have a common optimal external tariff and it must incur costs because each country may seek different external tariffs for their own national welfare. The benefit of implicit coordination in an FTA and the cost of explicit coordination in a CU account for the popularity of the FTA. Originality/value - This paper uses the idea of implicit tariff coordination in trade agreements. In a CU, tariff coordination is explicit and mandatory. All member countries must have a single common external tariff for each good. On the other hand, in an FTA, each country establishes its external tariff with the goal of maximizing its own welfare. However, each country can also coordinate "implicitly" by keeping the status-quo after establishing an FTA.

• 무역학회지
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.171-194
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• 2020

Although there is a lot of literature on the effectiveness of regional trade agreements(RTAs), it is usually analyzed only using trade-related theories and data. However, this paper has a differentiation in that we examine the linkage between international trade and financial markets through the stock markets reactions when the trade agreements related news arrived. Specifically, using an event study, we look into the Korea-US free trade agreement(KORUS FTA) which is the most commercially significant FTA in almost two decades for both the countries. Korean stock market generally responded more sensitively to FTA news than the US stock market, especially in 'Auto & Parts', 'Electrical Equipment' and 'Chemicals' industries. And the investors' perception toward the effect of KORUS FTA on Korean industries changed from negative to positive as negotiations proceed. Korea has a comparative advantage in the production of labor-intensive goods relative to US, but the economies of scale hypothesis does not hold.

• 한국건설관리학회논문집
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.92-100
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• 2015

이 글은 국제협정을 통한 중국 건설서비스 시장의 시장개방도를 검토하고, 한국정부가 국제협상에서 중국 건설서비스 시장을 추가적으로 개방시킬 수 있는 전략을 살펴본다. 여기서는 세 가지 전략을 추진하기를 제안하였는데, 첫째는 WTO GPA와 FTA를 통하여 시장개방 범위를 넓히도록 한다. 특히 지방정부와 공기업 및 PPP의 정부조달시장 개방을 추진하도록 한다. 둘째, GPA 협상을 통하여 정부조달과 관련된 법과 규제의 투명성 제고와 입찰절차의 투명성 제고를 추진해야 한다. 특히, 지방정부의 입찰절차를 투명화시켜야 한다. 셋째, 한국과 중국이 참여할 향후 FTA에 규제수렴에 관련된 협상을 포함하여 외국업체들에게 불리하게 적용되는 규제를 제거시키거나 완화시키도록 한다.

• 국제지역연구
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.391-416
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• 2009

적극적인 FTA정책의 추진으로 한·중 양국의 FTA 체결국은 급증하고 있으며, 한·중 FTA도 가까운 시기에 협상에 임하게 될 것이다. 본 연구의 목적은 가까운 미래에 착수될 한·중 정부간 FTA 협상에서 가장 핵심적인 쟁점사항이 될 원산지기준의 원만한 타결을 위해 바람직한 합의안을 도출하는 것이다. 이러한 바람직한 합의안을 도출하기 위해 저자들은 한국과 중국이 각각 제3국·지역과 체결한 9개의 FTA 관련 협정문을 토대로, 9개의 서로 상이한 원산지 협정문에서의 구체적 원산지 적용기준을 살펴보고, 이들의 특징에 대하여 비교 분석하였으며, 이 분석을 통하여 유사점과 차이점을 찾아내 바람직한 하나의 합의안을 도출하였다. 연구결과, 한·중 FTA에서 실질적 변형기준에 있어서는 아시아에서 활용이 가장 많은 4단위의 세번변경기준과 역내 부가가치 40% 이상의 부가가치기준 중에서 택일하는 기준이 채택되어야 한다는 결론에 도달하였다. 아울러 부가가치 비율을 계산함에 있어서는 계산방법·가격기준 등을 단순화·표준화해야 하며, 따라서 객관적인 공제법 사용을 위주로 하고, 가격기준은 명확한 기준이 되는 CIF나 FOB를 적용하여야 한다는 결론을 얻었다.

• 무역학회지
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• 제42권6호
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• pp.87-110
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• 2017

이 글은 FTA 활용이 우리 농산업화에 갖는 의미를 살피고, 농업분야 FTA 활용 확대를 위한 정책적 시사점을 찾는 것을 목적으로 한다. 이 연구는 농산업화의 핵심인 농기업과 지역농가 간의 계약생산의 실 사례를 살피는 사례연구로서 학문적으로는 FTA 활용에 대한 논의를 농산업화 연구까지 확장하는 의의가 있고, 실천적으로는 우리 농업분야 과제에 대한 근본적인 해법을 제시하고 FTA 활용 확대를 위한 정책적 시사점을 찾는 의의가 있다. 연구결과를 통해 FTA로 인해 유발된 경쟁 속에서 농산업화가 진전을 이루기 위해 농기업과 농가 간 평등하고 공정한 관계 형성을 위한 정부의 지속적인 조정과 지원이 필수적임을 강조한다.

• Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.27-45
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• 2012

Among political scientists, Japan's free trade agreements (FTA) with member nations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been considered to be a political tool that can compete against China for regional leadership in East Asia. However, this paper demonstrates that Japan's so-called FTA diplomacy towards ASEAN nations serves the broad interests of Japanese actors in both the political and economic sectors. Given the attention to Japanese domestic political issues, it is argued that diplomacy primarily facilitates a need for free trade with ASEAN and ASEAN markets for Japanese corporations to compete in the global economy and for the government to nurture Japan's stagnant economy by assisting these corporations. This work also contends that the unclear function of FTA as an economic good is due to the lack of the government capacity to effectively manage FTA diplomacy. This partly results from the conventional view with regard to Sino-Japanese rivalry.

• 한국중재학회지:중재연구
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.141-165
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• 2007

This study aims to make a contribution to the promotion of trade and economic development of South Korea, and, at the same time, call attention to the increasing trend of investment agreements concluded within Free Trade Agreements (FTA) by examining theoretically FTAs and dispute resolution and investigating systematically the conclusion procedure of agreements, and the system, institutions, and jurisdiction of dispute resolution, and presenting these findings to the government and investors involved. The most problematic aspect in the legal process of arbitration involving disputes over investment is that of arguments concerning the right of jurisdiction. When a dispute arises, even though an investor files for arbitration at an ICSID institution, the parties become involved in another energy-consuming argument even before proceeding to the hearing and decision of the original plan in cases in which the respondent of the dispute files an objection to the decision rights of the arbitral tribunal. As the main basis for this type of plea, the point of non-existence of jurisdiction is first raised where the applicable dispute does not fall under the range of investments defined in individual investment contracts or investment agreements such as a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT). To avoid an open-ended definition of investment for the range of investments, articles concerning investments in the FTA and NAFTA between Canada and the USA adopt the limited closed-list method. Article 96 of the FTA between Japan and Mexico applied the same abovementioned method of limited form of definition regarding range of investments and concluded BITs between member countries of APEC applied a similar method as well. Instead of employing the previously used inclusive definition, the BITs concluded between countries of Latin America and the USA are equipped with limited characteristics of an investment. Furthermore, to correspond with this necessary condition the three following requirements are needed : 1) fixed investment funding; 2) expected profits resulting from such investments; 3) and the existence of fixed risk bearing.