1. Governing Through Trade, Analyzing the policies of the European Union and Korea
Research Dates: December 2015- December 2017
NRF and Flemish Research Foundation(FWO) Joint Research Program
This research project focused on the economic impacts and unforeseen changes the FTA has generated and how it has affected global governance through trade. As multilateral negotiations have faced difficulties over time, one turns to new forms of global governance, international rule-making and rule diffusion. This project aimed to examine Korea’s strategies to cope and cooperate with this specific EU policy. The Korea-EU FTA tackles not only open market access but also global standards. As a global rule-setter, the EU is likely to strengthen regulations on trading partners to create better environments for European firms through policy of exporting laws. Hence, the project analyzed the approach and effectiveness of the EU policies and examined the approaches taken by the Korean government.