China’s economic success and trade expansion since the 1980s is one of the most important economic achievements, which lifted more populations out of extreme poverty than any other time and place in history. This achievement has been made possible by trade-led development policies successfully adopted by China. China also joined the WTO in 2001, after fifteen years of negotiations with its trade partners, and is subject to WTO legal disciplines requiring the transparency of its trade-related decisions and procedures. This article examines China’s economic reform, which led to its accession into the WTO, and reviews China’s trade and development policies under the WTO. In addition, this article discusses China’s participation in the WTO Dispute Settlement Procedure. There has been a concern as to whether China will be compliant with the requirements under the Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU). The article shows that China has become an active participant and has maintained well under the terms of the DSU.

Driven by market, consumer preferences and recent climate change discussions, the usage of ‘sustainability’ standards has over the last decade gained ground worldwide. Sustainability standards are largely voluntary, non-mandatory and an increasingly important component of the green economy. While on the one hand the usage of sustainability standards helps achieve several economic and environment objectives, on the other hand they can potentially act as barriers to trade in particular for small producers. This paper examines the potential trade and commercial aspects of sustainability standards in terms of their diversity, cost of incorporation and interaction with supply chains. It considers the compatibility of sustainability standards with the existing trade architecture of the World Trade Organization, drawing on relevant case law developments. Finally, it recommends the usage of international platforms such as the UNFSS and ITC Standards map, to enable product/ service specific information sharing, conformity assessment and business networking.

Lack of knowledge is reported to be the main reason that consumers do not buy products with ethical certifications. More than half (59%) of respondents from a study indicated that they had never considered buying such products due to insufficient knowledge about them (Demeritt, 2002). The purpose of this research is to provide a clear overview about the influence of product knowledge on consumer behavior and to develop a typology of fair-trade consumers. An online questionnaire in which respondents self-report their responses was developed to measure the constructs used for the study: self-perceived knowledge, purchase experience, demographic data (age, gender, education level, and income), psychographic data (attitudes and moral norms), and behavioristic data (purchase intentions of fair-trade apparel and willingness to pay more for fair-trade apparel). Data were collected using a web-based survey with 250 U.S. residents. Two-step cluster analysis was used to classify respondents into sub-groups based on their level of self-perceived knowledge and previous purchase experience of fair-trade apparel. In addition, ANOVA was used to test the predictive validity of the cluster solution. A three cluster solution was suggested by the results: 1) Less familiar and less experienced: This group was the largest among the three clusters (40.4%). It mostly consist of people with low level of self-perceived knowledge and low purchase experience related to fair-trade apparel. 2) More familiar and more experienced: This group consists of 30.8% of the sample and has moderate level of self-perceived knowledge and several experience related to fair-trade apparel. 3) More familiar but less experienced: This group was the smallest among the three clusters (28.8%). People from this group feel fairly knowledgeable about fair-trade apparel but have low experience with purchasing the product. Regarding demographic data, ANOVA results showed that there were significant differences in consumers’ income level (F=5.77, p=.004) across groups. Tukey’s HSD post hoc test indicated that the more familiar and more experienced group had higher income levels than the other two groups. Examining psychographic data showed that attitudes toward fair-trade products (F=7.42 p=.001) and moral norms (F=11.66 p<.001) significantly varied across groups. More familiar and more experienced group had more positive attitudes and higher level of moral norms than the less familiar and less experienced group. In terms of behavioristic data, groups differed significantly in both purchase intentions (F=18.16 p<.001) and willingness to pay more (F=5.02 p=.007) for fair-trade apparel. That is, more familiar and more experienced group was willing to pay significantly more and had higher purchase intentions for fair-trade apparel than the less familiar and less experienced group.

2015년 12월20일 한중 FTA가 발효되면서 10조원의 중국시장 선점과 약 10년간 0.96%의 경제성장효과를 나타낼 수 있을 것이라는 정부 발표가 있었다. 또한 한중 FTA의 2015년 연 내 발효에 따라 2016년부터 바로 그 효과가 나타날 것으로 발표되어 한국경제의 새로운 국면 을 기대하게 되었다. 그러나 중국경제의 성장둔화, 초저유가와 맞물려 2016년 1월 대 중국 한 국수출은 전년 동월대비 21.5% 감소하여 2008년 세계금융위기 때와 비슷한 양상을 보이고 있다. 이러한 현상은 단지 중국의 성장둔화와 저유가만의 문제는 아니며 한중 무역구조 변화 의 영향도 배제할 수 없다. 이에 따라 본 연구에서는 한중양국의 무역구조를 판단할 수 있는 무역결합도를 측정한 결과 한중무역은 결합도가 점차 감소하여 상호경쟁적인 것으로 나타났 다. 이러한 변화가 양국무역에 영향을 주고 있는 것으로 판단되며, 무역결합도를 활용한 한중 FTA 양허안 분석은 새로운 시사점을 제공할 것으로 보인다.

본 연구는 기업⋅혁신⋅산업 특성이 기업의 전유전략에 미치는 영향을 특허와 영업비밀의 상대적 선호를 중심을 ‘한국기업혁신조사’ 2005, 2010, 2014년 자료를 통해 분석 하였다. 분석결과 벤처기업, 고기술산업에 속한 기업, 정부의 연구개발 자금지원을 받은 기업, 제 품혁신 수행기업과 연구개발 지출이 높은 기업에서 특허를 영업비밀보다 상대적으로 선호하 는 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 기업규모와 연구개발 협력여부는 통계적으로 유의한 영향을 미 치지 않았다. 이는 산업별 특성을 고려한 전유제도 정책이 보다 효과적일 수 있다는 것을 보 여준다. 높은 시장집중도를 가진 산업에 속한 기업들은 영업비밀을 선호하는 것으로 나타났으며, 이러한 특성은 소기업과 벤처기업에서 명확히 나타났다. 이는 선도기업의 전략적 특허출원의 증가가 소기업과 벤처기업의 특허활동을 제약할 수 있다는 것을 의미한다. 과도한 전략적 특허의 증가는 궁극적으로 소규모 기업들의 기술활동을 저해할 가능성이 있기 때문에 불필 요한 전략적 특허의 남용을 방지할 수 있는 정책적 노력이 필요할 것이다.

본 연구는 R&D 투자와 기술무역 변수들 간에 어떠한 인과관계가 있는지를 검 토하고, 그 결과에 대한 정책적 함의를 제시함으로써 연구개발 활동의 촉진과 기술무역 활성 화 방안을 모색하는데 그 목적이 있다. 이에 정부 R&D 투자, 민간 R&D 투자, 기술도입, 그 리고 기술수출로 구성된 다변량 모형을 설정하고, 오차수정모형을 토대로 Granger-인과성 검정을 실시하였다. 분석결과 단기적으로는 총 5개의 인과관계가 성립하는 것으로 나타났고, 장기적으로는 정부 R&D 투자에서 기술수출로의 인과관계를 제외한 11개의 관계에서 인과 성이 존재하는 것으로 확인되었다. 아울러 충격반응분석을 통해 시간의 흐름에 따라 각 변수 들이 특정변수의 충격에 어떻게 반응하는지도 살펴보았다. 본 연구는 R&D 투자와 기술무역 간의 인과관계를 실증적으로 분석함으로써 그 관계를 명확히 하고, 도출된 결과들을 토대로 연구개발 활동 및 기술무역진흥을 위한 시사점을 제시하고 있다는 점에서 그 의의가 있다.

근로자의 전직이 늘어나면서 사용자는 퇴직근 로자가 동종 업종을 영위하는 회사에 취직할 경우 큰 불이익을 입을 수 있으며, 이러한 경우 ‘영업비 밀 보호’가 문제될 수 있다. 그러나 근로자들의 헌법상 ‘직업선택의 자유’ 및 노동시장의 유연성이 혁신에 기여하는 바를 고려할 때 상충하는 법익의 조화로운 해석이 필요하다. 경업금지의무와 관련하여 우리나라에 상법상 상업사용인과 이사에 관한 규정이 존재한다. 하지 만 일반적인 근로자에 관한 규정은 존재하지 않으 며, 상업사용인 및 이사에 대하여도 퇴임 후의 경 업금지의무에 대해서는 특별한 규정이 존재하지 않는다. 따라서 근로자의 근로계약 종료 후의 경 업금지의무의 법적 근거 및 성격에 대해 연구해 본다. 그 다음으로는 경업금지의무와 관련된 판례 의 동향을 살펴본다. 판례는 퇴직 후 경업금지약 정 자체가 존재하는지 여부에 대하여 엄격한 입증을 요구하며, 근로계약을 확대해석하거나 간접사 실로 퇴직 후 경업금지의무를 인정하지 않는다. 퇴직 후 경업금지약정이 존재할 경우 특별한 사정 이 없는 한 그 유효성을 인정하되, 약정된 경업금지 기간이 장기간이라고 판단되면 그 기간을 일정 한 범위로 제한하고 제한된 금지기간을 넘는 부분 은 민법 제103조 위반으로 보아 무효로 판단하고 있다. 일부의 경우 경업금지약정이 지나치게 포괄적이고 보호 가치 있는 영업비밀이 부존재 한다는 이유로 경업금지약정을 무효로 본 사례도 있다. 경업금지약정은 위약금 약정을 수반하는 경우가 많은데, 판례는 위약금 약정은 인정하되 형평을 고려하여 금액을 감액하는 경우가 많다. 또한 경 업금지의무와 부정경쟁방지법상 금지청구권과의 관계, 근로자와 경업회사와의 관계, 금지청구권 행사에 있어 영업비밀 특정의 문제까지 차례로 살 펴본다. ‘산업기술 유출방지 및 보호에 관한 법률’이 통 과되어 2015. 4. 29.부터 시행되고 있으며 영업 비밀 유출 방지에 대한 관심은 날로 커지고 있다. 경업금지약정이 영업비밀을 보호하는 강력한 수 단이 될 수 있겠지만 그 외에도 기업의 독점적 지 위를 확보해 주는 방편이 될 수 있으며, 근로자의 전직의 자유를 위협하는 수단이 될 수 있음을 기 억해야 한다.

In the international trading system today, regional trade agreements, referring to reciprocal trade agreements between two or more countries providing exclusive trade preferences, govern not only the trade relations among the parties to the RTAs, but also form additional sets of trade disciplines. These agreements exist parallel to the multilateral trading system under the auspices of the World Trade Organization. The GATT/WTO rules authorize RTAs under certain conditions; thus on the surface, RTAs appear to be a legitimate part of the WTO system. However, in substance, the preferential terms of trade in RTAs are essentially in conflict with the most important principle of the WTO system, the most-favored-nation treatment. The current proliferation of RTAs thus makes exclusive RTA preferences, which are supposedly an exception to the MFN principle, a rule rather than an exception. This article examines GATT/WTO rules on RTAs, addresses the potential conflict between RTAs and the WTO system with potential solutions, and analyzes RTAs from the development perspective.

So far, eight rounds of China-Japan-Korea FTA negotiations have been conducted. From 2015 on, the negotiations are expected to make great progress. Accordingly, CJK FTA has drawn increasing attention of scholars from multidimensionality. Still, there lacks concerns over the possible arrangement of each specific issue under such framework. Building on prior scholarship, this paper attempts to view such fragmented debate from the perspective of building a new international economic order. It suggests a developing track for CJK FTA to consider in designing its details: WTO→CJK FTA→RCEP(OBOR)→TPP→A New Multilateral Order. Only by so viewing can the important trilateral FTA play an appropriate role in future regional and global governance, so as to obtain the Asian voice in restructuring the international rules. Based on that, this paper further exemplifies a possible stepping stone regarding regional antidumping regimes and proposes adopting the WTO ADA Plus in CJK FTA. Such a proposal would become a crucial ‘blueprint’ for restructuring the multilateral ADA mechanism.

The Framework Agreement for the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area was initiated in 2002. It is the first ASEAN Plus pattern free trade agreement in East Asia. To understand the cultural and historical bonds between China and Southeast Asian States, and contemporary Chinese regional political economy in building the ACFTA, this paper reviews the tributary trade and ancient Chinese diplomacy between China and the neighboring States. The primary purpose of this research is to show how the ACFTA is in the interests of all parties in the course of China’s fast economic and political growth. The following article highlights the ACFTA provisions by examining trading agreements in goods, services and investment in the context of the corresponding WTO provisions. In the end, it suggests the possible resolutions for achieving a win–win and interdependent ASEAN–China Free Trade Area.

이 글은 지식사회에서 아이디어의 중요성이 증 대하고 있고, 이로 인해 아이디어를 보호하려는 필요성 또한 요구되는 상황 속에서 어떠한 노력들 이 이루어지고 있는지 미국의 통일영업비밀법 (Uniform Trade Secrets Act)을 중심으로 고찰 한 글이다. 특히 영업비밀의 정의가 UTSA 제정 전후로 어떻게 변하였으며, 영업비밀로서 보호받 기 위한 참신성, 구체성 요건은 어떻게 변화되었 는지를 러닝 커브 토이즈 사건, 스트롬백 사건, 그 리고 데스니 사건 등을 중심으로 살펴보았다. 보 통법 아래에서 영업비밀 보호는 불법행위 법재록 756조 주석을 근거로 한 그 기준이 주(州)마다 달라 통일되지 못하고, 동일한 주 내에서도 보호 기준이 사라지는 등 일관되지 못하였다. 또한 영 업비밀 정의가 편협하거나 애매하였으며, 보호 가 능한 품목들의 목록은 지나칠 정도로 상세하였다. 또한 그 영업비밀 정의에 따르면 경쟁자가 그 아 이디어를 알지 못한 공개되지 않은 상태이어야 하 며, 독립된 경제적 가치를 지녀 시장 경쟁에서 우 위를 점할 수준의 아이디어야만 했다. 이때 참신 함과 구체성은 중요한 요건으로 작용하여 경쟁자 뿐만 아니라 일반적으로도 그 참신함이 납득되어 야만 했다. 하지만 UTSA 제정으로 아이디어로서 영업비밀 개념이 명료하게 정리되어 통일성을 갖 추는 등 개념 변화와 함께 묵시적 계약이나 준계 약과 같은 계약 형태 아래에서 보호받게 되었다. 그리고 아이디어 창안자가 상품 단계에 이를 정도 로 많은 비용을 들여 구체적인 형태를 갖추지 않 아도 오랜 시간에 축적된 지식과 노력에서 발현된 직관적 번뜩임의 결과로 나온 아이디어를 보호할 수 있게 되었다. 뿐만 아니라 데스니 사건에서 알 수 있듯이 시나리오를 제안하는 과정 중에 아이디 어를 사용하는 비용을 구두로 의사를 표하였다면 묵시적 계약이 성립되어 해당 아이디어는 보호되 었으며, 그 참신함의 정도가 계약 상대방에게만 참신해도 보호가 가능한 것으로 그 한계가 완화되 었다. 결과적으로 새로운 아이디어법으로서 미국 의 UTSA는 아이디어 개념을 통일되게 정립하여 좀 더 폭넓은 아이디어 보호를 이끌어내고 있다. 반면에 영업비밀로서 인정받은 아이디어를 침해 하지 않고 후발 주자들이 자신의 아이디어로 시장 우위를 점하기는 더욱 어려워지는 아이디어의 독점 현상 심화는 해결해야 할 과제로 보인다.

Introduction In 2011, consumers spent $ 6.6 billion on certified fair-trade products, for a 12% increase worldwide (Thompson, 2012). Fair-trade is a social movement aiming to set fair prices for products, alleviate poverty, and assist producers and workers marginalized by the traditional economic model. Online stores have emerged as an effective marketing channel for fair trade products due to their ability to inform and reach a broad range of customers for very low cost. And this trend piques our interest in examining fair trade online stores. How do online fair trade retail stores rate in terms of usability? This is important because usability constitutes a key factor of online store quality. Usability refers to the perceived ease of navigating and/or making purchases through the retail website (Flavian et al., 2006). Previous studies find evidence that the richness of information related to products, culture, and artisans are criteria for success in fair-trade business (Lee & Littrell, 2005). Incorrect and/or low quality information undermine consumer interest in ethical products and subsequently, reduce credibility of fair trade retailers and their products (Carrigan & Attalla, 2001; Maignan & Ferrell, 2004). Usability is a way to ensure information is presented in a manner that will engender the trust of consumers. Trust is defined as the willingness of a consumer to be vulnerable to the actions of a retailer based on the expectation that the retailer will perform a particular action (cf. Mayer et al., 1995). Trust is known to be an antecedent in building relationships (Rotter, 1971). Fair trade retailers operating online stores must consider two types of trust. One type is customers’ trust toward fair trade retailers. To create such trust, fair trade retailers must convey that the marginal price differences between fair trade products and commercial products will be used to help producers (Castaldo et al, 2009), and must be transparent in communicating the operational processes underlying fair trade retailing. The other type of trust is related to the website and reflects skepticism about completing transactions online (Gefen & Straub, 2003). Compared to a brick-and-mortar store, online customer’s trust is critical since a customer’s perceived risk in purchasing goods online can be reduced by trust (Ha & Stoel, 2008; Pavlou, 2003). Lack of social presence for an online store impedes development of a customer’s trust toward the retailer (Gefen & Straub, 2003). Building upon the existing literature, we posit that a low level of usability, due to its role in developing online interactivity and engagement, will lead to lack of trust building, which is critical in promoting the sale of fair trade products. The purposes of this study are (1) to propose how usability, interactivity, and engagement can improve trust building, and (2) to provide empirical evidence of the lack of usability, interactivity, and engagement in current fair trade online stores. Website usability allowing consumer interactivity and engagement is an essential website attribute for formulating trust. Thus, the goal of this study is to provide suggestions for competitive e-retailing strategies for fair trade retailers based on results of a benchmarking study comparing websites of commercial and fair trade retailers. Literature Review Website Usability. Usability is created through the use of advanced website attributes that allow greater involvement of customers. Website usability not only influences consumer attitudes but also trust toward the website or company (Childers et al, 2001; Roy et al., 2001). Recently, scholars have suggested usability is related to engagement (Quesenbery, 2003). For instance, insufficient usability may be a factor in failing to engage consumers with the website; conversely, engagement can be sustained when attributes of usability meet user needs (O’Brien & Toms, 2008). Website usability may have a direct impact on enhancing interactivity. Interactivity. Interactivity refers to the extent to which users can participate in communication, user control, and entertainment (cf. McMillan & Hwang, 2002). Based on this notion, two types of interactivity within the e-commerce context are examined: (1) website interactivity concerns the website design and attributes enabling consumer interaction with the site to make decisions and personalize content (Merrilees & Fry, 2003), and (2) social interactivity promotes ‘consumer-to-consumer’ and ‘consumer-to-company’ communicative interactions within virtual social space provided by the retailer (Chan & Li, 2010; Nambisan & Watt, 2011). The outcomes of interactivity are two-fold. First, interactivity promotes customer engagement with brands (Ha & James, 1998). Consumers’ interaction with other consumers and the company (via social interactivity) and navigating and personalizing the website (via website-interactivity) create psychological engagement with the company. Second, interactivity entices consumers to acquire greater amounts of information from the website, which subsequently has a positive impact on trust towards the online retailer (Ballantine, 2005; Chen et al, 2005). Consistent with this view, Merrillees and Fry (2003) claim that the level of perceived interactivity is a predominant determinant in constructing trust in the online domain. Engagement. Consumer engagement behavior refers to the creation of an enduring and meaningful relationship between the company and the consumer (Doorn et al. 2010). Consumer engagement involves a highly interactive and experiential process. Highly engaged consumers integrate product knowledge and exchange information with other consumers (Borle et al. 2007). Engagement behaviors facilitate consumer trust towards products and the company (e.g. Pigg & Crank, 2004). Social engagement, the spontaneous information exchange among users, can justify one’s purchase decision. The consumer-generated content becomes a more trustworthy source of knowledge than the information promoted by the retailer (Chan et al., 2010). The relationship between interactivity and engagement is reciprocal. Consumers highly involved in engaging with others are likely to utilize more website attributes promoting interactivity. Method The data for this study were collected from 28 commercial apparel retailers and 22 fair trade apparel retailers based in the US. The 22 fair trade retailers consisted of 13 for-profits and 9 non-profits. The sample was selected based on previous studies (i.e., Lee, Geistfeld, & Stoel 2007; Halepete & Park, 2006; Park & Stoel, 2002), trade publications, and a Google search. A binary measurement instrument was employed to categorize website content as either ‘available’ or ‘not available’ on both the commercial and fair trade store websites. In order to minimize any bias occurring from subjective evaluation of website content, two graduate students separately coded the data, and compared coding sheets. Differences were discussed until agreement was reached. Frequency counts were used to describe the availability of website and social interactivity related content. Chi-square analysis was used to identify statistically significant differences between commercial and fair trade online retailers. Results To assess website interactivity, we examined six attributes that facilitated convenience for consumers in locating information or customizing website content. They included (1) search engine navigation, (2) picture enlargement, (3) matching item suggestion, (4) log-in to own personal account, (5) styling suggestions by other consumers, and (6) picture rotation function. Analysis (chi-square) confirmed significant differences in availabilities of search engine navigation, picture enlargement, matching item suggestion, and log-in to own personal account. Interestingly, only two commercial retailers and one fair trade company were equipped with a product or styling suggestion technology. The use of 360-degree view of products was not used by any of the sample companies [commercial retailers (n=0); fair trade retailers (n= 0)]. To assess social interactivity, we analyzed attributes that facilitate relationships. The attributes are categorized into the following dimensions: 1) social media utilization, 2) social commerce, and 3) customer engagement. We examined the following five attributes constituting social interactivity: 1) existence of social media sites including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, 2) consumer Facebook sharing, 3) link to other retailers’ websites, 4) online chatting, and 5) consumer review section. Analysis showed the differences between commercial and fair trade retailers were all statistically significant. Conclusion & Implications This study examined the differences between commercial and fair trade retailers to evaluate the current status of fair trade retailers in terms of interactivity and engagement in managing their websites. We identified attributes where fair trade retailers lagged and these could hinder trust development with consumers. We address three implications applicable to fair trade retailers, and more broadly, retailers selling ethical products. First, website interactivity attributes that provide effective ways to communicate product, store and fair trade information are critical when the concept of fair trade is still unknown to a large segment of consumers. The focus of fair trade retailers should remain not only in delivering creative and high quality products, but also well-managed websites that can attract, educate, and engage consumers via interesting cultural products (Lee & Littrell, 2006). In doing so, advanced website interactivity attributes that enhance the convenience of online shopping, increase ease of navigation, and ensure competent delivery of information should be incorporated in fair trade company websites. Second, the lack of use of social media by fair trade retailers is concerning. Word-of-mouth (WOM) communication is innate to social media, and encourages spontaneous communications among consumers. Utilizing various social media platforms is an efficient way to generate consumers’ voluntary exposure to fair trade products at a minimal cost. Encouraging customers to share WOM would be a natural path to increase engagement, and spread the concept of fair trade. Moreover, when a consumer spreads fair trade product information on his or her social media networks, the people who will be viewing the information have already established a relationship with him or her, and such messages are perceived to be more credible than information shared by the company or unknown strangers (Chu & Kim, 2011). In addition, virtual space inviting consumer feedback on the company website or social media sites can stimulate interactions with unknown consumers. The third person point of view by unknown consumers compared to fair trade retailers may be perceived to be unbiased, and consequently accepted as more trustworthy. Third, the concept of social commerce, referring to the practice of featuring links of other company websites on one’s own website, is critical to enhance the overall visibility and traffic to fair trade e-commerce sites. The unique feature distinct to fair trade retailers is their shared use of ‘certified fair trade’ labeling. While commercial apparel retailers promote their brand to generate corporate profits, the vision of fair trade retailers is to promote their products to bring social welfare. Thus, the union of fair trade retailers and collective initiatives can create synergy. Integrating the concept of social commerce with collective initiatives is one practical way to achieve this objective. Considering this common denominator across fair trade retailers, the use of fair trade labeling and links to other fair trade retailers on the website will support greater exposure to potential consumers and engagement with diverse fair trade retailers. Two major challenges fair trade retailers face are that: (1) their small size fails to generate economies of scale, and (2) due to the absence of national chains or organizations managing fair trade stores, brick-and-mortar fair trade stores are not evenly distributed geographically. Therefore, an interactive and engaging online presence for fair trade retailers is critical in resolving these limitations. It is a way to reach a large segment of consumers who do not reside around brick-and-mortar fair trade stores. We hope that interactivity and engagement will increase consumer exposure to fair trade retailers and ultimately increase fair trade sales.

The Korea-China Free Trade Agreement finally arrived at its preliminary settlement, in the 14th round of negotiations, held on November 10, 2014. This FTA is expected to function as an essential stepping-stone for future trilateral trade agreement between China, Japan and Korea. Further, it is anticipated to considerably contribute to shaping an integrated economic community for East Asia. Therefore, it assigns a diplomatic task of reconciling the speed of growth and harmonizing different systems of the three countries; it is beyond the matter of simple market invasion. This short paper aims to track the process to the settlement of the Agreement and analyze its sectorial substances, from the viewpoint of strategic and diplomatic dynamics in East Asia. The author thereby attempts to suggest a direction of future discussion towards joint subjects of cooperation.

From the twentieth century on, legalization process has been evident in international relations. As a core issue of international law and relation, dispute settlement between States has been evolving from its tit-for-tat strategy to diplomatic and then legal control. Based on the GATT DSP, the WTO DSM has achieved significant progress in legalization. In particular, as more DSM decision have been complied by member States, legalization process of trade dispute resolution via WTO is regarded promising. From the viewpoint of the legalization theory, in comparison to the GATT, the compliance of the WTO DSM’s decisions have become more precise. The WTO members have granted more authorities to its panel of the AB or DSB. It means that in the aspect of compliance of the WTO DSM’s decisions, the degree of delegation to the DSB has been lifted to a higher level.

기술혁신의 중요성이 나날이 증대됨에 따라 영업비밀은 기업의 경쟁력은 물론이거니와 국가 경쟁력을 좌우할 정도로 중요한 의미를 가지게 되었다. 그럼에도 불구하고 노동시장의 유연화 추세로 인하여 영업비밀의 무단유출은 점점 증가 추세에 있고 이러한 기술 유출로 인하여 기업의 피해액도 기하급수적으로 증가하고 있기에 영업비밀 관리 및 침해시 대응방안을 숙지하는 것은 무엇보다 중요하다 할 것이다. 이에 필자는 변호사로서 영업비밀 관련 사건을 다루면서 느꼈던 기업 내 영업비밀 보호 담당자들이 반드시 알아야 할 중요한 이슈들을 분쟁이 발생하기 전 단계, 분쟁이 발생되기 시작하는 단계, 소송 등을 통해 분쟁을 해결하는 단계 등으로 단계별로 구분하여 알기 쉽게 적시하였다. 이 논문을 통해서 기업들이 영업비밀과 관련하여 분쟁의 단계별로 주의해야 할 점들을 인식함으로써 당해 기업들이 피땀 흘려 구축한 연구결과물이나 성과물이 내부자에 의하여 다른 기업으로 쉽게 흘러들어 가는 것을 막고, 가사 이를 막지 못하여 불의의 사태가 발생한 경우에도 피해를 최소화하고 그 피해를 보상받을 수 있는 길을 찾는데에 최소한의 도움이 되기를 간절히 바란다.

Melting Arctic waters have brought about global opportunities and challenges. One distinctive opportunity presented by the increasingly ice-free Arctic Ocean is its availability for shipping cargos between Europe and Asia. In adopting highly simplified assumptions of the Northern Sea Route(NSR) being navigable and economical enough for shipping and NSR completely substituting for the incumbent Suez Canal route, this paper analyzes the maximum number of voyages possible for the transshipment of container cargo throughput for Korea's trade with Europe, particularly with Europe-17 and Europe-7. Our analysis shows the number of voyages range from over 2,900 to as little as 237 for Europe-17, depending on vessel sizes, when NSR is available for the whole year. With NSR opening for three months, the corresponding figures vary between 727 and 60 for Europe-17, and the figures for Europe-7 are between 2,725 and 222 and 682 and 56 voyages, respectively.

노조의 위기극복방안 즉 활성화방안에 대한 논의가 많이 제시되고 있는 가운데, 신자유주의 세계화 속에서 노조의 지역조직이 중요한 역할을 담당해야 한다는 인식에 따라 본 논문은 노동조합 지역조직의 활성화노력에 관해 민주노총 부산지역본부를 중심으로 실태를 살펴보고 활성화방안을 제시하고자 하였다. 연구방법은 1차 자료를 이용한 문헌연구가 주된 것이며, 필자들의 경험을 외삽하였다. 노조활성화에 대한 제 논의를 노조효과성과 노조활성화차원을 중심으로 살펴보아 실태분석과 방안제시의 분석틀로서 활성화차원을 조직화, 연대ㆍ연합형성, 정치적 행위 및 재구조화로 정리하여 마련한 후 민주노총 부산지역본부의 경과와 현황을 일반적인 것과 설정한 사업목표와 과제를 살펴보고, 부산지역본부의 활성화 노력을 조직화, 연대ㆍ연합형성, 정치적 행위 및 재구조화라는 활성화차원별로 분석하여 살펴보았다. 결과로서 부산지역본부의 노조활성화 노력이 많았다고 할 수 없었으며 이에 따라 부산지역본부의 노조효과성도 대표성, 교섭력, 영향력 모두에서 낮아서, 부산지역노동운동의 침체가 심화되고 있음을 감안할 때, 부산지역본부의 노조활성화 노력이 절실하게 요구되는 실정임을 알 수 있었다. 이러한 점을 바탕으로, 구조적 한계와 필요한 전제조건을 고려하면서, 조직화, 연대ㆍ연합형성, 정치적 행위 및 재구조화라는 활성화 분석틀의 차원별로 부산지역본부의 활성화 방안을 제시하였다. 나아가 활성화전략들 중에서 부산지역본부는 조직화전략을 중심으로 추진해야 할 것을 제시하였다.

According to the increasing importance of the trade secrets, legal regulations of the trade secrets have become the significant legal issue around the world. Legal regulations of the trade secrets include various substantial, procedural legal issues with regard to the standards and methods of protection. Identifying these issues and drawing an rational alternatives are the essential works for designing legal framework of the trade secrets. In that context, Study on Trade Secrets and Confidential Business Information in the Internal Market of EU Commission in 2013 will be an informative reference for designing legal framework of the trade secrets. In that study, the present EU legal framework on the trade secrets and the fragmentation of that framework is analyzed, and legal frameworks of US, Switzerland, Japan are examined by comparative legal research. Combining above all substances, this study suggests the rational alternatives for designing legal framework of the trade secrets in EU internal market. In Korea, trade secret protection law has some provisions on the definition of the trade secrets and civil remedies for infringement of trade secrets, which constitute the basis of legal framework with regard to the protection of the trade secrets. It will be worthwhile to review EU legal framework on the trade secrets by comparative research for developing relevant Korean legal framework.