1960년대 대일무역 불균형 개선 교섭과 양국 경제의 접근

Abstract

This article empirically examines when and how the Korea-Japan trade imbalance structure, which has been chronic for a long time, was created. The trade imbalance with Japan was chronic and serious even before 1965. The Korean government first brought up this issue during the Korea-Japan negotiations in 1964 and attempted to resolve it. However, the imbalance phenomenon did not change much during and after the 1966 Trade Agreement revision negotiations. This is because discussions on imbalance have come to a standstill in the face of the Japanese government’s new demands for a preemptive overhaul of Korea’s economic environment. Meanwhile, after the late 1960s, two governments began to bring up the idea of division of two country’s industry, although it was rudimentary, as a topic of discussion. In subsequent discussions between the two governments, division of industry was given priority over trade imbalance. As a result, resolving the trade imbalance problem was postponed as a long-term task. In that respect, the moment when Korean government agreed to discuss long-term economic cooperation and division of industry was a turning point in the direction of Korea-Japan trade relations and the development of the Korean economy.