On September 1 new trade figures for the month of August indicated that South Korea’s exports had dropped 14.7 year-on-year continuing a trend since January that has seen year-on-year monthly declines.
This has been an incredibly fascinating past several weeks to anyone who has followed the politics of trade policy in the U.S. Congress.
The House of Representatives is experiencing the topsy-turvy ride otherwise known as trade politics
What does the looming vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) for the President have to do with Korea?
Thinking through the international effects of the British election is also a reminder that Korea has global interests, and therefore events anywhere in the world can make a difference to Korea’s peace and prosperity.
This is the third in a three part series on the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement. The first part can be found here and the second…
Free trade agreements such as the KORUS FTA certainly aim to expand bilateral trade flows, but the greater contribution of such agreements is in improving the global competitiveness of each partner.
Just a few weeks ago, two sub-agencies within the U.S. Department of Commerce released two important statistics that have gone relatively unnoticed even by keen observers of Korea.
While the process of internationalizing Kaesong may be slow, production seems to be bouncing back to normal levels.
The issues that will be shaping events on the Korean Peninsula in 2015.