Lectures on Korean FTA and Law

Preface ㆍ 5



Lecture 1. The Basic concepts concerning Multilateralism 1 ㆍ 17

1. GATT system ㆍ 19

2. WTO System ㆍ 25



Lecture 2. The Basic concepts concerning Multilateralism 2 ㆍ 35

1. The WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism ㆍ 37

2. WTO Agreements as Multilateral Trade Agreements ㆍ 41



Lecture 3. Regional Trade Agreements and Preferential Trade Agreements 1 ㆍ 43

1. Regionalism, Regional Trade Agreements and Preferential Trade Agreements ㆍ 45

2. The Motivations for RTAs or PTAs ㆍ 51



Lecture 8. RTA Cases in WTO Dispute Settlement System 2 ㆍ 117

1. Three Safeguards cases involving the United States- the principle of 'Parallelism' ㆍ 119

2. Two cases on Domestic regulations under RTAs ㆍ 123

3. A Recent case regarding RTA-related objection at WTO proceedings ㆍ 127



Lecture 9. RTAs of China ㆍ 131

1. Overview of the RTAs of China ㆍ 133

2. Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (Bangkok Agreement), China-ASEAN FTA and China-Hong Kong/Macao CEPAs ㆍ 136

3. Chinese FTAs with Chile, Pakistan and others ㆍ 142



Lecture 10. RTAs of Japan ㆍ 149

1. Overview of the RTAs of Japan ㆍ 151

2. EPAs with Singapore, Mexico and Chile ㆍ 155

3. EPAs with Malaysia, ASEAN and the TPP Project ㆍ 160



Lecture 11. RTAs of Korea and the Northeast Asian RTA 1 ㆍ 165

1. Overview of the RTAs of Korea ㆍ 167

2. FTAs with Chile, Singapore and EFTA ㆍ 169



Lecture 12. RTAs of Korea and the Northeast Asian RTA 2 ㆍ 179

1. FTAs with ASEAN and the US ㆍ 181

2. Vision for the CJK FTA in Northeast Asia ㆍ 187



Lecture 13. Inter-Korean Exchange and FTA (the KIC) ㆍ 193

1. The Kaesong Industrial Complex ㆍ 195

2. The Main Frame of the KIC Project ㆍ 197

3. Changes in the Political Environment of the KIC ㆍ 198

4. Laws on the KIC ㆍ 202

5. Concluding Remarks ㆍ 211



Lecture 14. The new Function of the Korean FTAs ㆍ 215

1. The Korea-China FTA: A Stepping Stone for the Trilateral FTA?

ㆍ 217

2. Special treatment to the KIC product ㆍ 219

3. For the Human Rights or the Development issues? ㆍ 221

Bongchul Kim 저자 Bongchul Kim

is a professor in International Economic and Trade Law at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies(HUFS). He completed his PhD in Law at King's College London with the Overseas Research Scholarship(ORS) by the UK government, MA and BA in Law at HUFS.

Professor Kim has been working with the Korean Legal Research Institute(KLRI) for several years in the fields of International Economic and Trade Law, EU an UK Law, and Development Law. As of today, he is working as a consultant to the Asian Development Bank(ADB) and the Vietnamese government on several development projects. Among many, his main interest lies upon the relationship between international and domestic law on trade issues(such as 'Influences of Free Trade Agreements to Domestic Laws), and the relationship between trade laws and other fields such as development law.