The rapid economic development and growth of the People’s Republic of China has accelerated the economic partnership and integration among China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, giving rise to a new Greater China Economy. Since signing the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) with Hong Kong...

Due to the world’s rising energy demand and political instability in Middle East, the importance of resource-abundant countries in Latin America is being emphasized. This is especially true in the case of three Andean countries, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Bolivia, which remain to be a major...

Since it was signed in April of 2007, and after undergoing additional negotiations in 2011, the Korea-U.S. FTA finally came into effect as of March 15, 2012, with the completion of the ratification process in the two countries after six years since negotiations began. Some were hopeful while...

Since March 2010, the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (TPP) negotiations have been taking place, where members have expanded into the 11 Asia-Pacific countries from the original Pacific 4 (P4: Singapore, New Zealand, Chile, and Brunei). The P4 has rooted in the P5, where...

This paper proposes to establish the Trilateral Economic Cooperation (TEC) with a view to strengthening the economic cooperation dialogue channels among China, Japan, and Korea. This TEC is expected to serve as a mid-term goal for achieving the Northeast Asian Economic Community and the East...

Ever since the 1990s, there has been a stream of unofficial studies and reviews discussing the possibility of a US-EU FTA. The average tariff rates for manufactured goods, however, in the US and EU are each a mere 2.0% and 2.4%, and both possess largely open economies. In this context it was...

최근 환경산업은 지속성장 측면에서 새로운 성장동력으로 주목받고 있다. 그러나 아직까지 환경상품의 정의 및 범위 설정에 대한 국제적 합의는 이루어지지 않고 있다. WTO 환경협상에서는 환경상품에 대한 정의 문제가...

The year 2013 represents the 40th anniversary of the establishment of Korea-India diplomatic relations. This report is prepared to evaluate the achievements and the future challenges in Korea-India economic cooperation. The study analyzes trade relations using all available sources from the...

In June 2012, four Latin American countries on the Pacific coast (Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru) declared the establishment of a new economic integration initiative within the region, and consequently launched the Pacific Alliance. Since then, it has been making rapid progress and is...