E-Lecture

Understanding East Asian Economic Cooperation

【Instructors】
Takashi SHIMIZU（University of Tokyo）、Dukgeun AHN（Seoul National University）

【Schedule】
Tuesday 14:30-17:30 (SNU), 14:40-16:10 (UT) Fall Term University of Tokyo: October 6, 2008 (MON) – January 30, 2009 (FRI) Seoul National University: September 1 (MON) – December 12 (FRI) *Joint lectures will be held from October to December, the period of which both universities are in their Fall term.

【Students】
U. of Tokyo: around 40 students; The half of them are Japanese students and the other half are international students; mainly consist of junior and senior students who have the ability to discuss in English. SNU: around 20-30 students; mainly consist of sophomore and junior students. Students of each university will be divided into 4-6 groups. One SNU group and one UT group then make up one joint group. One (or two ?) joint group(s) will make their presentations in one class.

【Lectures】

9/2-30 : Seoul National University Only

2008.9. 2(Tue)

"Introduction to the World Economic System" Dukgeun AHN IMF, World Bank, WTO, OECD etc.

2008.9. 9(Tue)

"Presentation: Current States of the World Economy" Reality of current world trade and financial transaction Exchange rate fluctuation

2008.9.16(Tue)

"Implementing the WTO system" Dukgeun AHN Fundamental elements of the WTO system Service trade Intellectual property protection in the WTO system

2008.9.23(Tue)

"FTA versus WTO" Dukgeun AHN Nature of FTA Coherence or conflict with WTO Case study

2008.9.30(Tue)

"Chinese Economic Development" Guest Lecturer History of Chinese Economic Development Current systemic problem of Chinese economy

10/7-12/9: Seoul National University & University of Tokyo

2008.10. 7(Tue)

"Korean Economic Development" Dukgeun AHN History of Korean Economic Development Experience of Financial Crisis

2008.10.14(Tue)

"Japanese Economy and Business" Takashi SHIMIZU Overview of Japanese Economy Japanese Economic Development Expansion of Japanese companies

2008.10.21(Tue)

Presentation I: Comparison of the Nature of Economic Development

2008.10.28(Tue)

"Korean FTA Policy" Dukgeun AHN Characteristics of Korean FTAs Current state of the play Content of FTAs

2008.11. 4(Tue)

"Japanese FTA and FDI" Takashi SHIMIZU, Guest Lecturer Characteristics of Japanese FTAs Japan’s FTA policy Influence of FTAs on investments from/to Japan

2008.11.11(Tue)

Presentation II: Comparison of Trade Policy

2008.11.18(Tue)

Presentation III: Possibility and Limit of East Asia FTA

2008.11.25(Tue)

"Japanese Business Practice and Environment" Takashi SHIMIZU, Guest Lecturer Japanese Corporate Systems Legal Environment of Japan

2008.12. 2(Tue)

"Korean Business Environment (including WTO Case Study; Japan: Shochu case, Korea: Soju case)" Dukgeun AHN Discriminatory taxation for alcoholic beverage Application of non-discrimination principle for international competition

2008.12. 9(Tue)

Presentation IV: How to Improve Investment?

12/16-2009.1/27 : University of Tokyo Only

＊Shedule might be changed depeding on the situtation