한·싱가포르 자유무역협정에 관한 연구 - 전자상거래를 중심으로 -

초록

Free trade agreements have fast grown into a global phenomenon and their impact and repercussions are felt everyday more strongly. Korea, joining this large trend of the global economy, is currently pressing ahead with its negotiation rounds for FTA. This paper is concerned with the e-commerce sector as affected by the Korea-Singapore FTA, and we discussed and analyzed the main issues and the future countermeasure directions of e-commerce on FTA. In conclusion, FTA is not an option even though there are still remain the many thing to discuss regarding its effects. And also, countries excluding themselves from FTA are losing international competitiveness. Moreover, the losing competitiveness will end up more serious issue since the importance of FTA is especially high for e-commerce, as e-commerce will account for a growing share of international trade. This paper also discusses the far-reaching potential consequences of the content of an international agreement at a government-to-government level on the economy and industry of a country by presenting past examples from Korea, and recommends that policy-makers exercise extreme vigilance in their negotiation of terms and conditions for FTA.

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