Economic Cooperation in Northeast Asia and Korea-Japan Bilateral Relations

Prospects for Economic Cooperation in Northeast Asia

In contrast to developments in other world regions, efforts to institutionalize regional economic cooperation in East Asia have been weak. Though Southeast Asian economies have taken action toward trade liberalization (ASEAN Free Trade Area), the major economies of the region such as China, Japan and Korea have not been part of any formal trade groupings until recently. Ongoing economic coopera...

Economic Cooperation of Northeast Asia and Industrial Structuring

Using transition matrices of RCA indices for 20-year trade data of three countries (China, Japan and Korea) by 3-SITC digit level, this paper investigates long-run pattern of comparative advantage of each country to the world market and each partner countries. In general it is shown that the main issued faced under economic cooperation is continuous surplus with China but deficit with Japan of ...

Economic Cooperation in Asia

During the past five decades developing countries in Asia have provided the most persuasive and credible story as to how poor countries can progress and bring about prosperity for their downtrodden people. Beginning with Japan, followed by NICs particularly Korea, ASEAN countries and now China, these countries have not only doubled or quadrupled per capita incomes in a record time but also sign...

Toward Economic Cooperation in East Asia

Economic Relationship of China -Korea- Japan and Their Technological Cooperation in the IT industry

Regionalization is a part of globalization and a dynamic process of marching towards globalization. The so-called NADEs (Northeast Asia’s Dynamic Economies) including Japan, Korea and China are expected to lead economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region. This paper analyzes the trade and investment relationships among the three countries, points out the necessity for their technological coopera...