What kind of technical assistance and capacity building benefits do developing countries enjoy if they sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with developed countries? This is a frequently asked question among developing country officials involved in FTA policymaking. While we tend to normatively...

The role and shape of international trade agreements is changing. No longer simple devices for easing the movement of goods across borders, it is becoming both an instrument of integrated economic regulation at the supra national level and a tool of international relations within the emerging...

1 Introduction -- 2 -- The Korea–EU Free Trade Agreement versus the Japan–EU Economic Partnership Agreement -- 3 The Korea–EU Trade Structure and Effects of Free Trade Agreement with Reduction in Tariffs and Non-Tariff Measures -- 4 -- A Discussion of the Japan-EU Economic Partnership...