This paper proposes to establish the Trilateral Economic Cooperation (TEC) with a view to strengthening the economic cooperation dialogue channels among China, Japan, and Korea. This TEC is expected to serve as a mid-term goal for achieving the Northeast Asian Economic Community and the East...

Under the GATT and WTO regimes, the level of tariff rates has gradually declined while non-tariff measures have become more prevalent worldwide. Among many types of non-tariff measures, the number of TBT and SPS measures implemented increased substantially during the global financial crisis,...

Over the past 40 years, the share of world services trade in world total services has significantly increased. The technological developments in the ICT and transportation sectors, along with movements toward trade liberalization have contributed to this increase. The share of services trade in...

This research attempts to draw the policy implication of cooperative activities among Korea, China and Japan based on an analysis on a comparative advantage of the IT service industry, focusing on productivity analysis. The results of the productivity (efficiency) analysis show that productivity...