韓中日 經濟關係의 變化와 韓日 經濟協力

Changes in economic relationships among Korea, Japan, China and economic cooperations of Korea and Japan

Recently, the market share of Korean products in Japanese market has been decreased because of expansion of Japanese trade; especially, import part with Asian countries such as China. Moreover, Japanese direct investment to China is increasing continuously, and trade between Japan and China will be enlarged. For these reasons, even though Korea and Japan contract FTA, it is expected to grow only imports of Korea from Japan, not exports. In result, the deficit of Korean trade against Japan may be greater than before. Therefore, we need to consider changes of structure of trade among Korea, Japan, and China including various issues related China, in order to plan strategies for FTA. In this report, we try to make sure current situation of trade in Korea, Japan, and China through statistics of exports and imports, and analysis the reasons and influences on economic relationships between Korea and Japan. In addition to, we try to figure out how those changes effect on economic corporations between Korea and Japan and particularly suggest some of current points for FTA strategies of Korea.