Korea-U.S. Cooperation to Reshape East Asian Regional Architecture

On Wednesday, November 18th, GSIS has prepared a workshop on Korea-U.S. cooperation to reshape East Asian regional architecture with the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC) of Stanford University. Distinguished Follows of APARC and specialists on U.S.-East Asia relations were invited to share their views. Prof. Gi-Wook Shin, director of APARC, gave opening remarks with Prof. Chong-Sup Kim, Dean of GSIS.  The first session was focused on the possible adjustment of US foreign policy and diplomacy in Northeast Asia with regional partners. The second session was concerned in ‘US domestic politics and the development of the TPP regional trade agreement’. Students and scholars participated in the workshop and interacted with panelists of each session.      

2015-11-23

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FTA Commerce Strategy Seminar Series 18: How to Write and How to Think

On November, 19th, 2015, the reporter Woo, Jong-guk from Korea Business week gave a lecture about “How to write and how to think.” He introduced the examples of splendid lectures and writings with the diverse substantial examples. And he gave five tips on how to write by subtracting a lot of unnecessary things, emphasizing that erasing part is the most important part.. Student asked about how to find the synonyms properly and he recommended to read various diverse materials.  Another student requested to introduce good examples of self-introduction letter: He explained the good-quality of interview and writing.

2015-11-23

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Negotiations for a Strategic Economic Cooperation Agreement Between the Republic of Ecuador and the Republic of Korea

 On November 16th, 2015, Oscar Herrera, Ambassador of Ecuador in the Republic of Korea, was invited to share his insights on the negotiations for a Strategic Economic Cooperation Agreement (SECA) between the Republic of Ecuador and the Republic of Korea. By presenting a new concept, SECA, different from the existing Free Trade Agreements, Ambassador Herrera highlighted the internal decision-making process of each government, and elaborated negotiations followed to build up more balanced agreement between two countries. Marcelo Pazos. Commercial Counselor of Pro Ecuador in South Korea, suggested possible scenarios from his research conducted on the feasibility of SECA. As a former student of GSIS, Mr. Pazos led dynamic discussions with students who attended the lecture.

2015-11-18

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The EU and China: Awkward Partners in Changing Times

There was a special lecture held by Professor Thomas Christiansen from the Maastricht University on November 11th.  The lecture covered characteristics between two grand actors in the international field of politics, the EU and China, mainly with the perspectives from the European countries.  As one of the Union's core strategic partners, China has gradually gained European leaders' attention.  The long ties between the two continents have started from the economic field - the trade partners per se - for the EU and China became surely the big economic actors in the global economic market.  Although the economic connections still influence both actors the most, the hybrid characteristic of the Union is relatively influential, causing the tensions and relaxations.  

2015-11-18

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Development Direction and Task of Korea’s Commerce Policy

The Center for International Commerce & Strategy has prepared “2015 FTA and Trade policy Symposium” on Thursday, 12th November. On this symposium, diverse renowned specialists were invited and shared their views on Korea’s FTA and Trade policy and its prospect.  The first session was mainly for the Korea’s FTA and Trade policy, with Prof. Park Tae-ho and Prof. Kim Hyun-jong. In the second session, Prof. Ahn Duk-geun, Prof. Jo Dong-ho and Prof. Lee Seok presented their view on the North – South Koreans’ economic cooperation within WTO system. Prof. Kim Jong-sup., Prof. Hur-Yun and Doctor Lee Siwook shared their thought on the relation between FTA commerce policy and developmental cooperation. In the last session, Prof. Choi, Byong-il, Prof. Jung Inkyo, and Doctor Seo JinKyo suggested the Korea’s future FTA policy. Many students, officials and journalists attended the symposium. 

2015-11-13

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Pros and Cons of TPP

On November, 12th, 2015, the professor Alan V. Deardorff from the department of economics, the Michigan University gave a lecture about “Pros and Cons of Trans-Pacific Partnership”. He described TPP as a “living agreement” as there have been a lot of debate whether a specific country join TPP.  He explained the overall contents of TPP agreement and what might be behind the curtains of TPP. He also indicated that Japan’s participation changed the characteristics of TPP. He mentioned that TPP will make US to be able to write the rules for the international trading system. He explained the seven parts of TPP, and  glanced who will gain and lose .

2015-11-13

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Current State of Play of Multilateral Trade Negotiations and Its Challenges

 On November, 4th, 2015, Ambassador Seokyung Choi from Ministry of Foreign Affairs, gave a lecture to the students in the FTA Commerce and Strategy program on the topic of “Current State of Play of Multilateral Trade Negotiations and Its Challenges”. He explained the overview history of GATT/WTO and the current state of the WTO negotiations which are facing Nairobi meeting right ahead in this year. As he worked in the council for trade in services, he explained in details about how WTO negotiations are in process. He indicated the 4 obstacles WTO program is facing:  Disagreement on Triangular issues, difference of level ambition, deficit of trust and distraction to plurilaterals.  

2015-11-05

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A Latin Managing Global Company

 On October 14, 2015, special lecture entitled “A Latin Managing Global Company in Korea” hosted by SNU GSIS, organized by SNU Institute of Latin American Studies (SNUILAS) and Brazil Cultural Center in Korea, and supported by Doosan Infracore was held at International Conference Hall, GSIS, SNU. The lecture was given by Sergio Rocha who is the president and CEO of GM Korea Company. A number of students from GSIS to different departments such as Business Administration, as well as faculties and many more took their time to attend Mr. Rocha’s lecture, and later led a fruitful discussion by asking some insightful questions.        As a passionate Brazilian having worked in different cultures, Mr. Rocha shared stories on diverse topics from his management philosophy to future strategy all of which revolved around the global company he heads. He especially emphasized the importance of building concrete relationships with customers as well as suppliers and fostering ingenuity. A combination of competitiveness and sustainability was suggested as the company’s future key agenda in order to booster growth as well as to better integrate in the Korean culture. Furthermore, Mr. Rocha discussed challenges in Korean economy related to rigid labor market, asserting that the society should place more importance on meritocracy and gender equality

2015-10-16

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The Research Seminar of the Yulchon-GSIS Center for Emerging Economics

On September 14th 2015, the Yulchon-GSIS Center for Emerging Economies held its first research seminar. Team Cambodia presented on topic “Comparison of the Effects on Cambodia Income Growth between FDI and ODA”. Team Vietnam presented on topic “Unemployment Insurance in Vietnam”. Team Indonesia I and II each presented on topics “Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in Indonesia” and “The Prospect of Indonesia-Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement”. Each team has received feedbacks from lawyers of the Yulchon LLC. Further plan is to revise the research in accordance with the feedbacks by the mid October. 

2015-10-05

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The 2nd SNU Global PPP Forum

The 2nd SNU Global PPP Forum, hosted by Seoul National University, organized by GSIS, SNU and Co-organized by Institute of International Studies, supported by Hyundai Construction, Hyundai Engineering, Doosan Infra Core was held at International Conference Hall, GSIS, SNU.  The forum was held under the topic, Trend of Private Participation in Development Cooperation and Future Prospect on.   Participants from academia related to International Development Cooperation, domestic development related NGOs, participating companies from CSR activity, international organization such as UN, Habitat had participated. The 2nd Global PPP Forum was planned to diagnose the private participation trend and prospect the future in the field of International Development Cooperation on September 15, 2015 at International Conference Hall, GSIS.   

2015-10-05

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