동북아 3국 정상회의에서 나타난 일본의 대외경제전략 -상황적 하부-지역주의-

Abstract

This research is discussing how Japan’s foreign economic strategy manifest itself in any form in the Summit of three countries in Northeast Asia. The focus of debate is analysing the characteristics and dilemmas on sub-regional integration in East Asia based on theoretical background shown in three countries in Northeast Asia Summit through the analysis of empirical cases surrounding of representation of Japan’s foreign economy strategy. In this sense, Japan establish Northeast Asia as ‘sub-region’ of East Asia and it reveals its intention to occupy initiative of ‘sub-regionalism’ through Korea, China and Japan tripartite Summit. In particular, in the Summit of three countries in Northeast Asia, Japan has been deployed its foreign economic strategy hitchhiking to the neoliberal economic solidarity, coordinating of community initiatives, by promoting new economy growth strategy in compliance with complex regionalism based on self-centred notion of sub-region contexts. Therefore, in this study, situational sub-regionalism has presented the new frameworks for analysis on Japan’s foreign economic strategy with the invention of alternative approach. U.S financial crisis in September 2008 made Japan's foreign economic strategy promoting sustainable multilateral and bilateral FTA to stabilize the conditions of the export companies at the same time to strengthen regional solidarity centered Northeast Asia is being deployed in the form of diversification and differentiation of export market for corporate. As U.S financial crisis ripple around the world, Japan’s economy is confronting overall crisis such as plummeted exports, reduced production, recurring profits, deepening credits crunch and worsening employment. So this is judged to have a huge influence on new growth strategy as a new comprehensive responses. By the same token, the three countries Korea, China, Japan has held Northeast Asian Summit annually the start of 2008 to 2011 present by the principle of circulation held as required mutual coordination and consultation of foreign relations for international cooperation and domestic counterparts in order to effectively cope with financial crisis. Particularly, interesting fact revealed in the process of building institutional collaboration in the Summit of three countries in northeast is that Japan can be seen to make a move to develop situational sub-regionalism by shaping its foreign economic strategy like promotion of free trade agreements, deepening financial cooperation and promoting investment and expanding management in northeast region. Nevertheless, Japan's situational sub-regionalism is facing the dilemmas such as uncertainty of global trade policy, the ambiguity of local economic initiatives and disparities in national economic development.