From 1970 to 1990, North Korea’s trade mainly carried out maritime trade through ports for countries around the world. This trend is due to UN sanctions against North Korea, and after the third nuclear test in 2016, North Korea gradually became isolated from the outside world as it expanded to include maritime sanctions in the form of comprehensive sanctions targeting an unspecified majority of North Korea. The logistics structure of North Korea is due to the logistics infrastructure left during the Japanese colonial period in the 1950s and the political structure of the country, with railroads being the main source of logistics and passenger transportation, and roads being secondary. North Korea faced rapid deterioration and lack of facilities after 1990 due to the lack of investment in facilities and improvement of the operating system despite the advanced logistics infrastructure and operating system compared to the South. In particular, the power shortage in North Korea hindered the operation of the railroad and accelerated the aging of the railroad facilities, which has continued to this day. In the 2010s, 96% of cargo transportation in North Korea’s logistics infrastructure depended on railroads and roads, and ports that were developed until the 1980s have deteriorated with little investment since the economic crisis of the 1990s. Although some ports have been developed since 2010, North Korea’s east and west coasts are separated and there is no function of shipping to connect ports, so it did not have a significant impact on enhancing the nation’s port capacity. As North Korea’s trade dependence on China has increased, North Korea has largely relied on land transport, except for some cargoes that are advantageous for marine transport, such as coal. This structure again leads to a decrease in investment in ports, and the current vicious cycle of causing problems with North Korean port facilities is repeated. In this study, North Korea’s land and marine trade logistics system such as railway, road, and shipping and the trend of foreign trade due to sanctions against North Korea were analyzed. Through this analysis, it is planned to be used as a basis for developing the routes and scenarios through which major nuclear items can be transferred in the event of denuclearization of North Korea in the future.

Since the traditional definition of ‘foreign elements’ cannot meet the new requirements of the arbitration of China’s FTZs, Chinese judicial practice must create a useful supplement to already established standards. In free trade zone arbitration cases, Chinese courts determine foreign elements based on the standards of subject, object, and legal facts. In this regard, the explanation for ‘other circumstances’ in the First Judicial Interpretation of the Supreme Court on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law of the PRC on Foreign-Related Relations is based on the three abovementioned elements. The Chinese arbitration system and legislation must be further perfected; however, overly broad standards may impede China’s domestic arbitration system. Moreover, China must add certain restrictions to the standards: judges should distinguish the artificial foreign elements created by contracting parties, controversial civil relations should have a material connection with foreign countries, and discretion should be reasonable with sufficient nucleus.

한국의 현행 대외무역법은 1986년 제정된 이래 29차례의 개정을 거치면서 무역의 확대와 국제수지의 균형에 기여하였다. 반면 1994년 제정된 이래 중국의 대외무역법은 WTO가입 이후 2004년 한 차례의 개정만을 거쳤으며 현재 변화하는 국제무역환경에 대응하기 위해 개정논의가 진행중에 있다. 한중 양국의 역사적, 사회적 배경이 다르기 때문에 양국의 대외무역법 체계는 구성요소와 특징 면에서 차이가 있다. 이러한 양국 대외무역법의 역사적 발전과정에 대한 이해는 중국의 현행 대외무역법에 대한 이해를 제고시킬 뿐만 아니라 향후 개정방향에도 시사점을 제공할 수 있을 것이다. 본 연구에서는 한국과 중국의 대외무역법의 역사적 발전과정을 살펴본 후, 양국 대외무역법의 발전배경, 행정관리체계, 무역촉진 및 무역제한, 수출입질서, 무역업 자유화 등을 비교분석하고 있다.

Since China’s reform and opening up, Chinese SMEs have developed rapidly and have gradually become an important force in China’s economic development. Under the trend of economic globalization, Chinese SMEs, which have experienced more than 20 years of development, are remarkable in terms of their activity in the economic arena and their contribution to China’s economic development. However, under the current high-speed development of the international situation, Chinese SMEs still face many constraints and difficulties in developing markets. We should explore countermeasures for this and provide some ideas and references for Chinese SMEs to seize the opportunity to develop markets and economic development and drive China’s economic development.

Purpose: As one of the most developed cities in China, the application of e-commerce is more mature, especially the promotion of ecommerce to foreign trade. After the establishment of Shanghai Free Trade Zone (FTZ) in 2013, the government issued a series of policies to promote the application of e-commerce in Shanghai's foreign trade. This paper takes Shanghai FTZ as an example to study how to develop the application of e-commerce in other free trade zones and how to innovate the international trade mode. Research design, data and methodology: This paper selects the latest data from 2010 to 2019, uses econometric correlation analysis and regression analysis to study the impact of e-commerce on the foreign trade of Shanghai FTZ. Results: At last, the conclusion is drawn that the establishment of free trade zone provides many advantages for the development of e-commerce in Shanghai, and the growth of e-commerce in Shanghai FTZ promotes the development of foreign trade of Shanghai FTZ. Conclusions: So as to promote the development of e-commerce in Shanghai Free Trade Zone, some suggestions are put forward, such as increasing network supervision, establishing e-commerce talent training system, logistics management and information management systematization.

The study aims to assess the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) and international trade (export and import) on Vietnam's economic growth for the 2000-2018 period. Secondary data is taken from the General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Ordinary least-square method is used in analyzing the impact of FDI, export and import on economic growth of Vietnam. Empirical test results show that FDI and international trade are related to Vietnam's economic growth. However, each economic variable has a different impact. FDI has a positive and statistically significant influence on economic growth of Vietnam. Export also has positive and statistically significant impact to the economic growth, while import has a negative but not statistically significant effect. The result is useful for the policy makers of Vietnam on foreign economic relations. In order to improve the effect of FDI and international trade on growth of the economy, the government of Vietnam should: (1) continue applying preferential policies to attract FDI; (2) select foreign investors aiming to quality, efficiency, high technology and environmental protection; (3) continue pursuing export-oriented policy; (4) enhance the added value of exported goods and control the type of imported goods; (5) further liberalize trade through signing and implementation of international trade commitments.

The study of environmental pollution plays an important role in controlling emissions in the production activities of FDI enterprises as well as export goods. Vietnam is a country with a large proportion of FDI contribution and high export value. Therefore, there should be studies to assess the actual effects of FDI and the openness of the economy (trade) on the environment. Therefore, the authors conduct research on the role of FDI and trade on environmental quality in Vietnam. With data collected from 1990 to 2018 (from the period of Vietnam's economy opening up) through the ARDL (Autoregressive Distributed Lag) model, the results show that FDI has a positive impact on CO2 emissions in the short term but has no impact on the long-term (In this study, CO2 is considered to represent environmental quality). The trade has a positive impact on CO2 emissions in both the short term and long term. The results of the study show the actual shortcomings of FDI as well as production activities in the export enterprises in Vietnam. From the results of this research, the author also provides the causes and remedies to control of CO2 emissions from two activities of foreign direct investment and trade.

2013년 중국(상해)자유무역시범구의 출범에 따라 중국 최초의 네거티브 리스트가 공표되었다. 네거티브 리스트 패러다임은 자유무역시범구에서의 시범적 운영을 거쳐 전국으로 확산되는 과정을 거쳤다. 외자 진입 네거티브 리스트 패러다임의 도입은 내국민대우원칙을 운영단계로부터 진입단계로 확장시켜 투자자유화 수준을 제고시키고 중국에서 외자관리체제의 근본적인 혁신이라 볼 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 기존문헌을 바탕으로 중국 자유무역시범구에서 실시된 네거티브 리스트 패러다임의 도입한 배경, 추진과정, 주요내용과 특징 등을 살펴보고 의미와 문제점을 분석하여 이의 개선방안과 한국에 대한 시사점을 제시하였다.

As the reform and opening-up policy is carried out in China for more thirty year, China’s economy has experienced a amazingly rapid development. So, this paper focuses much on the linkage between foreign trade and economic growth. Three variables (GDP, export and import) from 1980 to 2016 are used to conduct empirical analysis under VAR model. Via empirical analysis between foreign trade and economic growth, a finding is obtained that there is a long-run equilibrium relationship among GDP, export and import. Specifically, the export has a long-run significant effect on economic growth in China. However, the impact of import to promote economic growth is greatly less than that of export.

중국 2014년 전체 해외직접투자액이 1231.1 억 달러로 미국과 홍콩에 이어서 세계 3위를 기록하였 다. 앞으로 중국의 해외직접투자는 장기적인 성장세를 이어갈 것으로 예상되며 해외자본스톡 규모가 확대됨에 따라 중국의 국제무역에 미치는 효과도 함께 커질 것으로 전망된다. 따라서 본 연구는 중국 해외직접투자가 중국 무역에 미치는 효과를 살펴보기 위해 실증적으로 분석하였다. 분석결과는 해외 직접투자는 수출과 수입을 모두 증대시키는 것으로 드러났다. 즉 중국의 해외직접투자 금액이 1% 증 가할 때 수출은 0.085%, 수입은 0.028% 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 중국 기업들은 현지시장 진 출을 목적으로 현지국에 투자할 때 국내에서 중간재나 부품을 조달하여 현지에서 완제품을 생산하므 로 국내 수출이 해외투자와 보완관계에 있지만 생산 이후 현지시장에 판매하므로 국내로의 역수입에 대한 영향이도 존재하는데 이 수입효과가 수출효과보다 크지 않는 것을 판단할 수 있다. 즉 전체적으 로 보면 중국 해외직접투자가 무역수지를 개선할 수 있다는 것을 알 수 있다. 한편, 지역별 분석결과 를 살펴보면 동부와 중서부지역에서도 무역개선효과가 존재하는데 동부지역의 수출/수입에 보완효과 가 중서부보다 비교적 현조하다는 것을 알 수 있다.