【서평】『생명의 정치』

고보민 서강대학교 생명문화연구소 2012 생명연구 Vol.26 No.-

A Comparative Study of Consumer Trust in Major Digital Trade Agreements

고보민 한국무역연구원 2021 무역연구 Vol.17 No.3

Purpose Technological change has provided individual consumers with increased possibilities in participating in digital trade while the lack of consumer trust and confidence in digital trade prevents consumers from enjoying all the benefits of e-commerce. In this regard, it is necessary to search for means to protect the individual rights of consumers participating in digital trade with a sound assessment of digital trade agreements in terms of consumer trust. Design/Methodology/Approach Focusing particularly on the issue of consumer trust-building, this paper first discusses major consumer concerns for digital trade and specifies issues that embrace consumer trust-building within multilateral and regional trade agreements. It then conducts a comparative analysis of articles related to consumer trust in six major digital trade agreements and derives its policy implications. Findings In participating in digital trade, consumers have both general and stage-specific concerns. With slow progress at the WTO on e-commerce, articles related to digital trade are increasingly featuring in regional trade agreements (RTAs), including nine issues directly related to consumer trust: online consumer protection; personal information protection, unsolicited commercial electronic messages which means spam messages, domestic regulatory framework, transparency, cybersecurity, access to and use of the internet for electronic commerce. Research Implications By reviewing the six major digital trade agreements on nine issue areas of consumer trust, it is first found that all the agreements certainly share the significance of building consumer trust to facilitate digital trade. Second, the consensus of signatory countries on the five issues, such as online consumer protection, personal information protection, unsolicited commercial electronic messages, domestic regulatory framework, and cybersecurity, seems relatively easy to make since articles in those issues in six agreements are similar in their length and quality. To strengthen consumer trust internationally, in the form of multilateral or regional trade agreements, both e-commerce and competition chapters should cover the rules for digital trade. Domestically, it is necessary to find a way to regulate digital trade not only with domestic consumer law but also with the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act.

『베르골료 리스트』에서 보이는 교황 프란치스코의 특징

고보민 서강대학교 생명문화연구소 2015 생명연구 Vol.38 No.-

통상 거버넌스 분석 – 한국의 국내 사례를 중심으로

고보민 한국무역학회 2019 貿易學會誌 Vol.44 No.6

This study investigate the concept and type of Korea’s trade governance by theories related to network governance. Korea’s domestic trade policy-building system a ‘network trade governance’ utilizing Minister for Trade as a network administrative organization. This governance has four major rade stakeholders: G(Government), I(Industry), A(Academia), and C(Civil groups). Korea has five types of committees for internal consultation between domestic stakeholders, all G·I·A·C groups. Korea’s trade governance can be if it fixes its administrative redundancy, communication formality, stakeholder exclusiveness. This topic calls for further research such as social network analysis as well as international comparison analysis.

주요 디지털통상협정 내 제도적 장치 및 분쟁해결제도 비교 분석 및 한국에의 시사점

고보민 한국무역학회 2022 貿易學會誌 Vol.47 No.5

This study first classifies and organizes provisions on institutional arrangements (or IAs) and dispute settlement mechanism(or DSM) in a digital trade agreement. Then it conducts a case study on seven major digital trade agreements: the CPTPP, the USJDTA, the USMCA, the ASDEA, the RCEP, the KSDPA, and the DEPA. And it finally derives implications for Korea to improve implementation of DTAs by communicating better and resolving disputes efficiently with the help of IAs and DSM-related provisions. IAs of a digital trade agreement can be defined as a set of agreements on the division of the respective responsibilities of agencies involved in implementing and enforcing the agreement, including committees, working groups, or contact points. DSM of a digital trade agreement includes consultation, mediation, arbitration, and establishment of a panel. Comparing six FTAs with an e-commerce chapter, the CPTPP, the USMCA, and the RCEP contain the most advanced type of IA provisions while the CPTPP, the USMCA, the RCEP, and the KSDPA have that of DSM provisions. Korea is its initial stage as it has only signed the KSDPA with Singapore as well as it is about to launch a new digital trade negotiation for the DEPA, the CPTPP, and even the IPEF, it is necessary to engage in negotiations with a clearer position on behalf of Korean digital companies. As provisions on IAs and DSM are important policy tools that can reflect industry concerns and convey proposals in inter-governmental dialogue, a Korean draft of the IAs and DSM-related provision should be prepared in advance.

From Road Map 2003 to the New Road Map 2013: “Two-level” Game Analysis of Korea’s FTA Policy

고보민 한국무역연구원 2014 무역연구 Vol.10 No.6

This paper provides a general overview of Korea’s free trade agreement (FTA) policy fromthe perspective of level I and II negotiations. This paper reviews Korea’s 10 FTAs signedbetween 2003 and 2013 through “two-leve”l game analysis. It analyzed Korea’s FTAnegotiations under the Five-Factor Model, and assessed the level of difficulty in each of theFTAs Korea has signed and ratified. This paper concludes that domestic political factors andthe government-led FTA experience are key driving factors as the country seeks to achievegreater levels of trade liberalization. Furthermore, there were both economic and institutionalachievements during the 10 years. In level II negotiation, Korea also reached a higher levelof democracy along with a more detailed form of domestic conflict management byimplementing the Act on Trade Treaty Conclusion Procedure and Implementation in order toconduct FTAs in a more legitimate and systematic way. With the help of both road maps,Korea certainly has created a new vision with specific action plans toward a globalizedworld. Since Korea’s goal of becoming “an advanced open trading economy” is still beingpursued, the country has no way but to adapt to the changing global economic environmentwith more thorough preparation and sophisticated strategies. It also has to have the capacityto provide democratic and systematic measures that deal with the domestic reactions thatresult from trade liberalization.

The Impact of Domestic Political Factors on International Trade Negotiation Outcomes: A Focus on Free Trade Agreements

고보민,곽노성 한국무역연구원 2017 무역연구 Vol.13 No.4

This paper analyzes the effects of trade-related party preferences, parliamentary and presidential elections, and other domestic political variables on the outcome of bilateral trade agreement negotiations within a two-level game framework. This paper focuses on bilateral trade negotiations such as the Free Trade Agreements (or FTAs) of 34 countries. It conducts an empirical test on major FTAs with hypotheses driven from a literature review, from which two key findings are presented. First, domestic political factors such as the role of an election and the ruling party characteristics clearly affect the level of bilateral trade liberalization. Second, a country’s experience in signing, ratifying, and enforcing an FTA plays a significant role in moving a country toward a higher level of tariff liberalization. This paper included such factors as election events and ruling party characteristics as well as governmental experience and capabilities related to trade negotiations concerned. Moreover, this research first employed a share of short-term duty-free tariff lines as dependent variable instead of traditionally preferred variables of protection, such as tariff or other trade-related indices.

Major Digital Trade Agreements and the Implications for the Korea-Singapore Digital Partnership Agreement (DPA)

고보민 한국무역연구원 2020 무역연구 Vol.16 No.6

This paper analyzes all the FTAs of Korea and Singapore with e-commerce chapters and finds the extent and scope of digital trade liberalization by scrutinizing each article as well as provisions of whether they concern obligation or cooperation in terms of commitment level in the chapter. Design/Methodology/Approach - As Korea has concluded 13 FTAs with chapters about e-commerce, and Singapore 20, this research analyzes and ranks the extent and the scope of digital trade liberalization to suggest policy implications for the successful conclusion of the KSDPA. Besides RCEP, to which both countries belong, Singapore already has ratified or signed major digital trade agreements with the most advanced articles or provisions including CPTPP, DEPA, and DEA. Findings - From the analysis, the maximum degree and extent of Singapore’s liberalization of e-commerce and digital trade comply with DEA, while those of Korea do with the RCEP. In this regard, Korea’s effort to expand its digital trade partnership through KSDPA is a good starting point but needs policy pre-requisites. Research Implications - In terms of establishing trade rules and a cooperation regime with other countries, Korea needs to seek ways to improve by studying overseas cases and analyzing the domestic impact for sensitive issues such as cross-border transfer of information by electronic means, location of computing services, source code, and non-discrimination. Furthermore, key issues related to business and consumer trust, such as online consumer protection, personal information protection, and cyber security, should not only be analyzed with surveys for companies to reflect corporate interests but also those individual consumers.

한국 통상행정조직 변천사 분석

고보민 한국국제통상학회 2018 국제통상연구 Vol.23 No.4

This study is to review the history of Korea’s trade administration, and then investigate the factors promoting the reorganization of its structure. And then it scrutinizes the recent reshuffle of its trade administration in order to find out major characteristics as well as implications. The history of Korea’s trade administration has been led by both foreign and domestic factors, and the recent reshuffle has changed the trade administration into the one with a more integrated structure which can cope with the recent wave of trade regime. In theory, Korea with the presidential system needs to have the trade administration under the president with at least the same size and structure. Moreover, special career development programs need to be designed for trade officials in the administration. 본 연구는 한국 통상행정조직의 변천사를 살펴보고, 그 과정에서 중요한 변화 촉진요인을 파악한 후, 최근 통상행정 조직개편의 현황과 특징을 살펴보고 통상행정조직 지위 및 권한 소재와 인사관리 두 분야와 관련하여 시사점과 제안을 도출하였다. 한국 통상행정조직이 변천은 크게 대외적 및 대내적 요인의 영향을 받았으며, 초기의 3개 부처에 관련 업무가 최근 조직개편으로 인해 조금 더 통합된 양상을 띠며 신통상질서에 대응하고 있다. 한편 대통령제 국가인 한국입장에서 가장 이상적인 것은 현 통상교섭본부가 그 규모 및 조직편성을 유지하며 대통령 직속기구가 되는 것이며, 더불어 통상분야 인력에 대한 특화된 경력개발 프로그램이 요구된다.

[서평] 요한복음이 한반도에 주는 평화의 메시지『평화의 예수』를 읽고

고보민 서강대학교 생명문화연구소 2019 생명연구 Vol.51 No.-