한국과 동남아시아의 FTA에 관한 분석과 법적 제언

Korea has established a legal foundation for trade vitalization with Southeast Asian countries by constructing the Korea-Singapore FTA and the Korea-ASEAN FTA. The Korea-ASEAN FTA is a collective FTA in which Korea and the member countries of the ASEAN participate, but the member countries of this FTA are concluding bilateral FTAs between themselves more. Bilateral FTAs between Korea and Southeast Asian countries are building the environment enlarging the trade between the parties of such bilateral FTAs by respecting the basic order of the Korea-ASEAN FTA and focusing on the interest of the parties of such bilateral FTAs. The Korea-ASEAN FTA and Bilateral FTAs between Korea and Southeast Asian countries have relations of "general law and special law", and relations of "old law and new law" in most cases. Although China, Japan and Korea have competitively contracted FTAs in the Southeast Asian market, there is a difference in approach among the three countries. Particularly, Japan, unlike China and Korea, concluded bilateral FTAs with the member countries of the ASEAN firstly and contracted the Japan-ASEAN FTA later. FTAs of Korea with Southeast Asian countries may have synergy effect by harmonizing with other field such as ODA activity. To this end, it is necessary to build a legal infrastructure including the exchange and research of domestic laws of both sides, and use it effectively.