The paper uses economic and energy data analysis and econometric modeling to study the prospects and challenges of Korea’s 2003 FTA Roadmap (MOFAT 2013) in the form of potential comprehensive partnerships with its major trade and energy partners. It first reviews Korea’s international economic and trade relations in recent years with a focus on its major merchandise export destinations an...

EAST Asian economic integration appears on the brink of becoming de jure, not de facto. From the 1980s, East Asia developed high levels of intraregional trade in response to market forces, not preferential trade agreements (PTAs). One reason was rising incomes in Japan and the newly industrialised economies (NIEs) of Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan, creating an incentive for these econom...

Against the background of economic globalization and suspension WTO Doha Round, regional free trade area cooperation has flourished all over world. This paper mainly examines difference between impact FTAs on intermediate final products, explores agreements formation networks. Taking China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (CAFTA) in East Asian production network as research object, this uses gravitational...

â â â  â â  the paper uses economic and energy data analysis and econometric modeling to study the prospects and challenges of korea’s 2003 fta roadmap (mofat 2013) in the form of potential comprehensive partnerships with its major trade and energy partners. it first reviews korea’s international economic and trade relations in recent years with a focus on its major merchandise export desti...

â â â  â  â  abstract â  this paper aims to identify key challenges facing iran and south korea in their bilateral trade and investment relations. in particular, it is concerned with the policy implications which can be useful for policy makers and business people of both countries. for this purpose, we review and analyze the recent developments of the iranian economy and bilateral trade and in...