시장개방이 디자인서비스업에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구

This paper examines whether design service will be affected by some degree in our country by FTA, and how we will cope with it. When we compare Korea with advanced design countries, we find that the contribution of design service to GDP is low and the market size is small. Also, we are weaker than these countries in the potential of design firm, the number of employees and international design competitiveness. In these circumstances, Korean design firms lack ability to compete in case foreign design firms enter the domestic market by market opening. Nevertheless, the influence of the market opening on design service area is not expected to be serious for the following reasons.First, design service by FTA may not exert great influence on our economy because the contribution of design service to GDP is very low. Second, design service market in Korea is almost opened under the circumstance of WTO agreement. Although domestic design firms are available in design outsourcing to foreign corporations and foreign design firms can freely enter to domestic market, market-opening has not exerted great influence on domestic design service market until present. Rather, from long-term viewpoint, concluding a contract with FTA with USA may act as a chance to improve greatly competitiveness of Korean design industry.For the reasons mentioned above, rather than having a short term policy for negative influence on domestic design industry, Policy preparation for the reform of knowledge-based industry at long-term point is required. Also, Policy-making for the co-development through cooperation than competition with U.S design service is required urgently. (Keyword)FTA, design service, economic effect, design policy