중국이 체결한 FTA협정의 원산지기준 비교연구

Abstract

FTA(Free Trade Agreement) among 3 east Asian countries, Korea-China-Japan, has been one of the high priorities of the Republic of Korea government. Therefore, it’s essential to study the past FTA agreements signed by China. China has signed 11 FTA agreements with 22 countries or regions. With the exception ECFA with Taiwan, all of the other FTA agreements are based on the preferential rules of origin as main law. In this paper, analysis and detailed comparison of 10 FTA agreements are laid out. Due to years of adopting pragmatic principles, China is now acceptance of all useful standards. These include NAFTA and EU model of FTA agreements. China has also been approval of opposing countries’ standards and rules of origin in the same period of time. Standards and rules of origin is divided into two types; fundamental and supplementary. Fundamental standards and rules of origin can be defined as the implementation of the following standards; change in tariff classification (CTC), value added (VA), technical process (TP) and regional value contents (RVC). Supplementary standards and rules of origin is also acceptance of all available standards. Adaptation of standards and rules of origin is now common day by day. FTA agreements signed and the adaptation of rules of origin by China means that they are fully ready to become an economic powerhouse. By magnifying and analysing the pros and cons of past FTA agreements such as NAFTA and EU agreements, Korea-China-Japan must come up with a new standards and rules of origin. By doing this Korea-China-Japan will become the center of world economy.