Politics of East Asian Free Trade Agreements: Unveiling the Asymmetry between Korea and Japan

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Preface
List of Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Introduction
	Economic perspectives on FTA politics
	Domestic politics and FTAs
		Supply-side factors: institutions and political leadership
		Demand-side factors: interest groups and civil society
	Argument in brief
	International politics and FTAs
	Chapter overview
	Notes
	References
Chapter 2: Asymmetric evolution of Korea and Japan’s FTAs, late 1990s–2020 1
	The puzzle
	Evolution of Korea and Japan’s FTAs in global context: the 1990s
		Global context: FTA race in the 1990s
		The Asian Financial Crisis of 1997: Korea and Japan joins the FTA race
	The importance of agricultural liberalization in Korea and Japan’s FTAs
	Patterns in Korea and Japan’s FTAs since the late 1990s
		First period: late 1990s–2012
		Second period 2013–2020
	Economic explanations for Korea and Japan’s FTAs
	Explaining divergences in Korea and Japan’s FTAs
	Notes
	References
Chapter 3: Trade policymaking institutions 1
	Domestic trade governance
	The first period of domestic trade governance: 1990s–2012
		Cohesive domestic trade governance in Korea: 1990s–2012
		KORUS FTA
		Japan 1990s–2012: fragmented domestic trade governance
		Korea–Japan FTA
	The second period of domestic trade governance: reversals since 2013
		Korea 2013–2020: weakening cohesion in domestic trade governance
		Korea–China FTA
		TPP
		Japan 2013–2020: a shift toward more cohesive domestic trade governance
		From TPP to CPTPP
		Japan–Australia FTA
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
Chapter 4: Political leadership and trade policymaking
	Introduction
	Korea 2003–2012: strong political leadership in FTAs
		Progressive president Roh Moo-hyun’s administration (2003–2007)
		Conservative president Lee Myung-bak’s administration (2008–2012)
	Korea 2013–2020: reversal to weak political leadership in FTAs
		Conservative president Park Geun-hye’s administration (2013–2016)
		Progressive president Moon Jae-in’s administration (2017–present)
		Discussion
	Japan 1990s–2012: weak political leadership in FTAs
		LDP governments (Late 1990s–2008)
		DPJ governments (2009–2012)
	Japan 2013–2020: strengthening political leadership in FTAs
		Coopting and weakening MAFF and the Norin Zoku
		Reforming Japan’s farm group
		Discussion
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
Chapter 5: Civil society, interest groups, and FTA politics
	Introduction
	Japan: institutionalized civil society–state relations on FTAs until 2012
		Keidanren and FTAs until 2013
		JA-Zenchu and the JA Group until 2013
		Keidanren and JA-Zenchu since 2013
	Weak presence of other civil society actors in Japan’s FTA politics
	Korea: social mobilization and FTA politics until 2013
		Anti-neoliberal coalition
		Neoliberal coalition
		Korean civil society and the KORUS FTA
	Korea: failure to institutionalize civil society–state relation on trade
	Korean civil society post 2013
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
Chapter 6: Geopolitics and changing Japan and Korea’s trade relations
	Introduction
		TPP 2013–2016: missed opportunity for U.S.–Japan–Korea economic alliance
		Japan: Prime Minister Abe’s push for TPP
		Korea: reluctance to join the TPP
		Weakening incentives for trade cooperation
	Post-2016: diverging trade positions of Japan and Korea vis-à-vis the U.S.
		U.S. withdrawal from the TPP
		2017 WTO Ministerial Conference
		Section 232 on aluminum, steel, and auto
		Understanding the diverging responses of Japan and Korea
	The 2019 Japan–Korea trade conflict
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
Chapter 7: Conclusion
	U.S.–Japan trade agreement
	Japan–Korea trade conflict
	The rise of China
	References
Index