Presentation of "Proposal for Korea's FTA 2.0 New Strategy"

YouTube Link: video.eai.or.kr/20130425_FTA_1.flv

The East Asia Institute (EAI) launched the FTA 2.0 research team in November 2012 to verify the economic effects of the FTA policies pursued by the Korean government over the past decade and to establish an FTA strategy commensurate with the changed world order. The research team, composed of a total of five experts, has derived an FTA strategy that can increase Korea's economic benefits while aligning with the new government's foreign policy upon its inauguration.

Accordingly, a presentation of the research team's final policy report was held on Thursday, April 25. At this presentation, the research team presented the FTA 2.0 strategy of participation, openness, and sharing, which responds to the changes in the international political and economic order of the 2010s, along with specific policy alternatives, followed by a discussion among experts in each field.

Opening Remarks

Lee Suk-jong, President of EAI

Presentation

Son Yeol, Director of EAI Japan Center; Dean of the Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University

Lee Seung-ju, Professor at Chung-Ang University

Song Young-kwan, Research Fellow at the Korea Development Institute

Discussion

Kim Hyun-chong, Former Deputy Minister for Trade, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Kim Hyung-joo, Research Fellow at LG Economic Research Institute

Park Sung-hoon, Professor at Korea University

Jeon Jeong-hee, Member of the National Assembly, Democratic United Party

Choi Kyung-lim, Deputy Minister for Trade, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

Choi Nak-kyun, Senior Research Fellow at the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy