Trade liberalization and countermeasures

Non-tariff Barriers of TPP Nations for Exports of Korea Strawberries

Byoung-Hoon Lee
INTRODUCTION Beginning with the FTA with Chile in 2002, Korea has signed 14 FTAs with 53 countries as of May 2016, and its proportion of FTA trade volume is expected to be over half the total trade volume. Some expect a large increase in regional exports if the FTAs are actively utilized, but...
Country: Korea Topic: Trade liberalization and countermeasures
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Agricultural Export Promotion Policy in Korea

Jeong-bin Im
Introduction With the passage of time, Korean exports of agricultural products have undergone many changes. During the 1950s and 1960s, major agricultural exports included rice, cocoons, ginseng and tobacco. In the 1970s, canned mushrooms, chestnuts, mushrooms, arrowroot wallpaper, and oriental...
Country: Korea Topic: Trade liberalization and countermeasures
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A new agreement for Japan’s pork “safeguard” in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations

Yoshihisa Godo, Hiroshi Takahashi
Introduction When pork imports increase sharply, the Japanese government is geared to implement a special measure for protecting domestic pork producers. This urgent and temporary measure is called a “safeguard.” In the ongoing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade negotiations, the Japanese...
Country: Japan Topic: Trade liberalization and countermeasures
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Trends in TPP agreement and government correspondence: An Overview

Hisako Nomura
Trends after TPP agreement outline agreement   [Conditions of TPP entry into force] When a country has completed its domestic treaty-making processes, it will notify other TPP countries that it has done all that is required for the Agreement to enter into force. The Trans-Pacific...
Country: Japan Topic: Trade liberalization and countermeasures
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Impacts of TPP on Vietnam’s Domestic Agriculture and its Commensurate Adjustment Policies

Dang Kim Khoi, Tran Cong Thang
ABSTRACT This report focuses on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) and the corresponding analyses regarding  opportunities and challenges that it brings to Vietnam’s agricultural sector. Overall, Vietnam has many advantages in agriculture, forestry and fishery export (...
Country: Vietnam Topic: Trade liberalization and countermeasures
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