With the emergence of globalization following the advent of the WTO (World Trade Organization), domestic industrial policies and practices which have no significant meaning in international trade relationship in the part have become restricted. Follow...
With the emergence of globalization following the advent of the WTO (World Trade Organization), domestic industrial policies and practices which have no significant meaning in international trade relationship in the part have become restricted. Following this, the Korean subsidy policy is also required to abide by international regulations in many respects.
That is because the agreement on subsidies and countervailing measures under the WTO system regulates ever country's industrial support systsm which give effects on export and import directly or have possibility of injury to trade matching country.
Against the bacground of this change in the world economic environment, the purpose of this study is to examine international regulation on subsidies under the WTO and OECD regimes and to show how subsidies contribute to unfair pricing policies.
Folowing this, a desirable see approach to subsidies by Korea is proposed. The method of analysis is through Vector Autoregression models and empirical verification of the effects that market effect interest as price subsidy index and the difference export subsidy interest. Besides this emprical analysis, there is a parallel documents survey.
The results of the research showed as fallows;
First, Korean subsidy policy must be reorganized to non-actionable subsidies. Subsidies for export improvement or enlargement of domestic production goods regarded as prohibited subsidies should be changed to countervailable subsidies or non-actionable subidies to fully utilize WTO agreements' postponement periods, and during its duration. It must be reduced gradually. In particular, partial adjustment of the funds for export industrius' facilities investment, trade financing and tax support system are inevitable.
Second, the improvement of objectivity in the implementation of subsidies policies and the exclusicn of specificity is needed. In particular, financial incentives provided through various funds is expected that a dispute about specificity in discretion of subsidizing action. Therefore precautious notice is needed.
Third, the establishment of an R&D support system is needed. Though A&D support which affects industrial competitiveness is belong to non-actionable sussidies, if that support to the negatively affects other countries' trade environment, it is possible to impose countervailing measures. This can be the basis of a dispute. Therefore, thorough administration of the contents of R&D subsidies' payments and compliance with its rulls is required.
Fourth, the consolidation of a support system for small and medium enterprises is needed. That is because support for small and medium enterprises has a few trade distortion effects. In view of creating a sound industrial foundation and enhancing competitiveners, developed countries have utilized this.
However, with the start of the WTO system, not only developed countries but also Korean small and medium enterprses support system is permitted in the caresory of Actionable subsidies.
Therefore subsidy systems aimed at improvement of special industries, especially those aimed at export promotion and import transfer must be abolished.
Fifth, availability of enlarged funds and reduction of policy financing is needed. The prohibited factor about prohibited characterized support system ought to be eliminated. The problem of preferential treatment about interest about policy financing.
Throughout this paper, appropriate reforms in Korea's subsidy system are suggested accdrding to international regulations. While this paper tries to be as comprehensive as possible, limitations exist in emprical analysis and point of exclusiveness of taxation effect.