• International Commerce and Information Review
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.165-193
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• 2016

This paper conducts a comparative analysis of the KORUS FTA and the TPP Agreement to assess the current state of affairs in international trade rules for the pharmaceutical industry. Intellectual property rights as well as public health related regulations have evolved to strengthen the position of innovator drug companies. In particular, the TPP Agreement which adopted data exclusivity for biologics for the first time, will set the standard for the future. Apart from this however, the TPP Agreement has not gone further than the KORUS FTA and in some respects, even contains greater policy flexibilities and provisions for market access than the KORUS FTA. Korea should take advantage of such differences when and if she must engage in negotiations to join the TPP Agreement or a renegotiation of the KORUS FTA.

• International Commerce and Information Review
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.309-330
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• 2013

Trans-Pacific Partnership started as a small scale 4 countries regional trade agreement. It became a grand free trade agreement when the United States announced its participation and Japn considers to join. Korea still hasn't decided the stance however, considering the economic and political relationship with the United States and the impact of TPP, it looks like that Korea is going to join TPP. US led the TPP agreement is expected to be made based on the previous FTA agreements of the US. In the promising E-Commerce part, it is likely that the e-commerce leading US would suggest favorable agreement. If Korea joins the TPP, it's necessary to suggest what Korea wants and needs based on the previous KORUS FTA to promote Korean e-commerce for the future.

• 농업기술회보
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• v.48 no.6
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• pp.22-23
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• 2011

현재 이웃나라 일본에서도 우리와 같이 환태평양 경제동반자협정(TPP)의 참가문제로 온 나라가 들썩거리고 있다. TPP는 사실상 한미 FTA와 같은 수준의 협정이다. 일본에서도 농업 쪽에서 많은 반대를 하고 있으며, 일부 지자체에서는 정식으로 총리에게 반대요청서를 보내고 있고, 의회에서는 반대하나 신중해야 한다는 결의안을 채택하고 있다. 우리는 여야로 분명히 나뉘어 있지만 일본 국회의원들은 여야를 불문하고 반대하는 의원들은 반대 결의안을 국회에 제출하는 움직임이 있다.

• Journal of the Korea society of information convergence
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.25-36
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• 2013

This study examined the impact of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and related countries background why they have to decide to join this trend after FTA. In addtion, this paper has the purpose to call attention for Korea's benefit of TPP.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.92-102
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• 2018

This paper studied the changes and effects of Korean Trade Policies in Vietnam market after the withdrawal of the TPP from US. Since Trump government is starting, US trade policy has moved to the protectionism method. Nevertheless, Vietnam is expanding its status as an FTA hub, and Vietnam is actively expanding its economic growth by actively implementing foreign capital. Vietnam, however, is likely to lose its position as a hub of FTA after USA's withdrawal from TPP member. So, Korea's trade policy is also expected to change its stance on Vietnam, and Korea is expected to change its policy toward Vietnam. Korea has achieved a lot of accomplishments and growth with free trade and free economic markets, and it has to strengthen its national strength even afterwards. Thus, if the flow of free trade & globalization continues, I would consider how the Korea trade policy change after the U.S.'s withdraws from TPP.

• Korea Trade Review
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• v.41 no.4
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• pp.293-313
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• 2016

In the East Asian region, the advancement of trade networks is being facilitated, which turns out that economic integration across borders is being advanced due to FTA expansion, freedom of business activity growing through the reform of regulatory system in each country, and the processing of division of labor between processes across borders. Trans-Pacific Partnership(TPP), which is a U.S. led multilateral FTA, was signed on February 4 2016 in Auckland, New Zealand by 12 countries, by which changes in the East Asia Trade Network are also expected. For this reason, this study examined the impact that TPP would have on East Asia Trade Network. According to the result of this study, it was determined that TPP, as the regulation and system which will lead globalization of the supply chain, will change Supply Chain structure and result in a positive effect on Value Chain. This will have a significant impact on the East Asian trade network, and connect to enhanced competitiveness of participating enterprises. In addition, TPP seems to be the basis for realization of FTAAP(Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific) in the future, Therefore, Korea who has high Degree of Dependence upon Foreign Trade will have to pay make political effort to effectively deal with this changing trading environment in East Asia.

• Korea Trade Review
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• v.41 no.1
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• pp.187-213
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• 2016

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and Trans-Atlantic Trade and Partnership Agreement introduce "regulatory coherence." Regulatory coherence refers to "the use of good regulatory practices in the process of planning, designing, issuing, implementing and reviewing regulatory measures in order to facilitate achievement of domestic policy objectives, and in efforts across governments to enhance regulatory cooperation in order to further those objectives and promote international trade and investment, economic growth and employment." This paper traces ideas dealing with regulatory reform and regulatory transparency as discussed in OECD, APEC and selected WTO agreements, examines the text of the regulatory coherence chapter of TPP and TTIP, then examines the regulatory reform system of Korea to see whether Korea satisfies the conditions set forth in the regulatory coherence chapter of TPP. The paper concludes that the Korean regulatory reform system mostly satisfies the requirements of the TPP chapter on regulatory coherence, but some additional procedural reforms are needed for laws proposed by National Assemblymen, and regional laws proposed by regional governments. Finally, the paper notes that the Korean government has been mis-translating regulatory coherence as regulatory convergence, which is a separate idea, and the government should correct its error as soon as possible.

• Korea Trade Review
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• v.42 no.4
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• pp.185-215
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• 2017

While the future of Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement is uncertain, TPP did succeed in convincing certain developing countries, which had been reluctant to open its government procurement market in the past, to open their markets. In this paper, we compare the government procurement chapter of TPP with WTO Government Procurement Agreement to see what factors may have convinced these countries to open their government procurement markets. The key factors seem to be an initially very high levels of threshold, coupled with an extended transition period (up to 20 years) to lower the threshold to figures comparable to other countries; and reduction of legal and regulatory burdens dealing with some transparency and procedural requirements. Korea should use these strategies in their future FTA negotiations to try to open foreign government procurement markets. If Korea wants to accede to TPP, it should have very few problems since Korea has similar threshold levels as current TPP members, and legal and regulatory requirements are more strict under GPA, of which Korea is a member.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.22 no.9
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• pp.1271-1276
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• 2018

The CPTPP(Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) is a large-scale free trade agreement(FTA) in the Asia-Pacific region involving 11 remaining countries(Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei) since the withdrawal of the US TPP in January 2017, Although the economic size is smaller than the TPP, the CPTPP has 12.9% of the world GDP and 14.9% of the trade volume, meaning that another mega FTA is born. Local economic experts believe that Vietnam's stable economic growth rate and the CPTPP agreement will have a positive impact on Vietnam's stock market and M&A market in 2018. The experts usually expect it will be come into force in 2018 and not later than 2019. The CPTPP is also very likely to enter into force in 2019 with the aggressive attitude of the member countries, simplifying the entry into force of the agreement.

• 농업기술회보
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• v.49 no.3
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• pp.22-25
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• 2012

우리나라는 미국, EU, 그리고 중국으로 이어지는 빅3의 경제권과 FTA를 체결하였고, 체결한다고 자랑스러워하며 세계적으로 유례없는 무역전쟁에서의 선점이라고 하고 있다. 이에 일본의 농업을 둘러싼 상황을 살펴보고 우리는 농업에 대해 무엇을 어떻게 해야 되는지를 느끼고자 한다. 2011년 11월 일본 노다총리는 TPP참가를 표명하였다. 예외 없는 관세철폐를 위한 협정, 무역을 완전히 자유화하여 관세를 철폐하면 일본의 산업은 공업으로 특화되고 농업은 괴멸될 것이라는 것이 일본 농업관계자들의 생각이다. 농업에 대해서는 강화방안을 실시한다고 하지만, 규모 확대나 소득보상을 하여도, 수입이 증가하면 그만큼 국내생산은 감소하고 농업의 쇠퇴는 피할 수 없을 것이다. 일본 경단련회장인 오꾸다씨는 외국인의 이주도 장려해야 한다고 하지만, 저임금과 실업이나 취업 등의 어려움이 반드시 따라올 것이다. 무역, 공업 그리고 각국과의 우호도 중요하지만, 가장 중요한 것은 어떠한 시대가 와도 국가는 자국민의 식량을 해결해야 한다는 것과 국민의 생명을 지키는 것이다. 농업만이 아니고 국민의 사회생활전반에 걸쳐 각종 문제를 야기할 수 있는 TPP이지만, 식량안전보장의 견지에서도 TPP참가는 허용하기 어렵다. 예외 없는 자유화 등 상대국의 생명에 관계되는 것을 잃게 한다는 것은 진실된 파트너십이라고 할 수 없다.