Legal response to the Korea-EU FTA : Is it possible to use the law for other purposes?

The Korea-EU FTA is the fundamental legal tool that provides favourable environments to the Korea-EU economic relation because many international and national rules are related to the FTA and these rules are also linked to the new FTA issues. This FTA can also be useful instrument to cover new issues such as the Korean ODA policy towards North Korea. This paper discusses some international and national legal issues on the Korea-EU FTA. For example, it examines the possibility of the application of the FTA rule to the North Korean territory with special provisions on the Gaesung Industrial Complex (GIC) or the internal economic exchanges between two Korea. Although there may be some obstacles, the Korea-EU FTA provides an opportunity to push for openness and respect for workers fundamental rights at the GIC.