• 무역상무연구
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• 제12권
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• pp.615-641
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• 1999

Trade and the environment emerged as a major and complex issue for trade negotiators in the final stages of the Uruguay Round negotiations. The agreements and other international measures employing trade measures and trade sanctions for achieving global environmental objectives are Vienna Convention on the Protection of the Ozone Layer(1985), the Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer(1987), The Framework Convention on Climate Change(1992), the Convention on Biological Diversity(1992), the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste and their Disposal(1992), the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Faunna and Flora(1975), the Rio Declaration, the Agenda 21, etc. The texts of the World Trade Organization(WTO) incorporated certain provisions which were designed to reflect some of the environmental concerns are Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Properity Rights(TRIPs), Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMs), the General Agreement on Trade in Services(GATS), and Technical Barriers to Trade(TBT) There is the possibility of conflict between multilateral environmental agreements and WTO agreements granting waivers against trade measures and sanctions. This remains a possibility, especially between countries which are Member of WTO and which are not Members of the relevant multilateral environment agreements, and countries which are Members of both the WTO and the relevant MEAs. Measures taken under the trade-related provisions of MEAs could potentially give rise to conflicts under obligations arising in WTO texts. If the parties in dispute are WTO members while they are not members of MEAs, the WTO provisions can be granted a certain priority in terms of international norms and vice versa. When the parties concerned are both WTO members and MEAs, it will be rational to grant the WTO provisions a priority. However, such measures should neither constitute a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination between countries where similar conditions prevail, nor create a disguised restriction on trade. Also any trade measures taken should be necessary to prevent developments in trade from endangering the effectiveness of an MEA and they should be proportional and least trade restrictive.

• 무역학회지
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• 제47권5호
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• pp.201-221
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• 2022

This study aims to analyze a harmonious approach between trade norms for the protection of human rights and the WTO agreements is increasingly necessary and important. conflicts and harmonization that may occur between major human rights protection trade norms and WTO agreements were comprehensively reviewed. The hard legalization of corporate social responsibility for sustainable development, such as human rights protection, was in conflict with the WTO Agreement, which was based on the principle of non-discrimination. As the currently expanding human rights protection trade norms reflect differences in the positions of developed and developing countries, it was also pointed out that there may be disputes over WTO compatibility and distorted protectionism measures. Accordingly, the applicability of the general exceptions to Article 20 of the GATT were reviewed together, and Article 20(a) of GATT, "necessary to protect public morals" may differ between developed and developing countries, and thus limitations were also considered. At the same time, When it is necessary to take regulatory measures such as prohibition of imports from a specific country for human rights protection, it was reviewed and proposed domestic trade norms revision.

• East Asian Economic Review
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.337-348
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• 2020

Although the WTO has fulfilled several key tasks it was set up to do - providing periodic reviews of members' trade policies, resolving disputes, supporting negotiations - with the notable exceptions of the Trade Facilitation and Information Technology agreements, WTO members have not been able to negotiate new rules on "bread and butter" trade policies. The importance of doing so was illustrated by the COVID-19 pandemic which saw widespread uncoordinated recourse to trade policy instruments. This paper highlights four reforms that would bolster the effectiveness of the WTO as a forum for trade cooperation: (1) improving collection and reporting of information on trade-related policies; (2) supporting analysis-informed deliberation to establish a common understanding of the need and scope for cooperation in specific policy areas; (3) putting in place a stronger multilateral governance framework for plurilateral cooperation between groups of WTO members; and (4) reestablishing an effective dispute settlement system.

• East Asian Economic Review
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.243-273
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• 2018

A consequence of global trade liberalization is that domestic regulatory policies have become a focal point for efforts to reduce the costs of engaging in cross-border production and exchange. This article discusses the general challenges of reducing trade frictions created by regulatory differences, focusing specifically on the role trade agreements might play in addressing regulatory spillovers. A case is made for a greater focus on plurilateral cooperation under the umbrella of the WTO.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.108-115
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• 1998

The objective of this study was to estimate the quantitative loss of the consumer surplus due to the tariffs on clothing imports during the WTO starting periods. For 1984-1996, the import price elasticity of the clothing was estimated from the regression of pet capita clothing imports on Per capita GNP, import price index and domestic producer price index. Then the quantitative losses of the consumer surplus in clothing were obtained from the simplified formula for 1990-1995. In spite of the decrease in textiles St clothing tariff rates, consumer costs were increasing, which was caused by the tremendous increase in clothing imports during the same period. The loss of the consumer surplus was 7131 billion wonts in 1995, which accounted for 6.4% of the total clothing expenditure.

• 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.

• 무역학회지
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.285-301
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• 2023

디지털 무역의 핵심 주제인 정보의 국경 간 이동은 주요 통상국의 시장지배력을 강화하고, 개인정보 보호 등을 위해 정당한 공공정책 목표 달성이 필요한 경우 예외적으로 인정되고 있다. 본 연구는 WTO 주요 협정의 공공정책과 분쟁사례를 분석하고, 디지털 무역협정의 정당한 공공정책 목표의 개요 및 쟁점 분석을 통하여 WTO 다자간 규범을 중심으로 국제통상환경에 적합한 무역 규범화의 올바른 방향 및 시사점에 관하여 살펴보고자 한다.

• East Asian Economic Review
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.3-28
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• 2018

This article discusses the deadlock in the WTO on multilateral harmonization of nonpreferential rules of origin (RoO) and reviews some of the RoO included in recent preferential trade agreements. We argue that there is a trend towards adoption of similar approaches and that this suggests that cooperation to reduce the trade-impeding effects of differences in RoO across jurisdictions is more feasible than often is assumed by observers and policymakers. From a trade facilitation perspective such cooperation could be based on plurilateral initiatives under the umbrella of the WTO. These could include a focus on pursuit of greater convergence between preferential and nonpreferential RoO helping to achieve the long-standing goal of moving towards harmonization of rules of origin.

• East Asian Economic Review
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.117-137
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• 2012

The objective of this article is to examine the characteristic features of contemporary policy-led regionalism in Asia. It identifies the positive and negative features associated with the free trade agreements that have proliferated in Asia during the first decade of the $21^{st}$ century. There has been a marked transformation in Asia's regional architecture in a short span of a decade-and-a-half. The mode and conduct of multilateral trade has been significantly transformed during recent years and Asia could not possibly remain immune to this transformation. The importance of regionalism in multilateral trade has increased steadily. In addition, the trade-investment-services nexus has developed and grown increasingly important. As business firms now manufacture parts of their products across the border, bilateral trade agreements (BTAs), regional trade agreements (RTAs) and free trade agreements (FTAs) of the contemporary period need to take into account the new kind of trade barriers that have been created due to the changing mode of trade. The contemporary regional agreements need to be designed to facilitate the new modes of conducting business and trade. It was understood rather late in Asia that the 'WTO-Plus' FTAs are more functional and result-oriented than their predecessors.

• 통상정보연구
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.323-349
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• 2011

중국은 WTO 회원국으로써 WTO 협정에서 정하고 있는 반덤핑 제도 관련 규범 및 기타 각종 규범들을 여타의 WTO 회원국과 마찬가지로 국내법과 제도운용에 있어서 WTO의 그것과 합치시켜 운용할 의무가 있다. 그럼에도 불구하고 중국 정부의 반덤핑 법규는 덤핑마진의 산정, 경미수입물량에 대한 조사 종결기준, 일몰재심 등과 관련된 세부규정에 미흡함을 지적받고 있어 법적 불확실성을 초래하고 있다. 또한 가격약속과 관련된 규정들 중 일부 규정은 WTO 협정과 일치하지 않는다. 그러므로 우리정부는 단독 혹은 WTO 여타 회원국과 함께 중국 정부에게 반덤핑 법규를 WTO 관련 협정에 부합 되도록 개정해 줄 것 을 요구함과 동시에 중국 정부가 자의적으로 운용할 여지가 있는 모호한 규정들을 구체화시켜 줄 것 을 요구해야 한다. 이와는 별도로 우리나라는 중국이 반덤핑 제소를 개시하면 WTO 관련 협정과 차이가 나는 중국의 반덤핑 법규를 중국 당국이 어떻게 적용하는 지에 대해 면밀히 파악하여, 규정상의 모호성을 WTO 관련 협정의 내용과 부합되게 적용하는지 혹은 위배되는 적용을 하는지에 대하여 초점을 맞추어 그 대응책을 준비해야 한다.