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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
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2008.9. 2(Tue) Lecture："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) Lecture："Implementing the WTO system"（Dukgeun AHN, Takashi SHIMIZU）
- Fundamental elements of the WTO system
- Service trade
- Intellectual property protection in the WTO system -
2008.9.23(Tue) Lecture："FTA versus WTO"（Dukgeun AHN）
- Nature of FTA
- Coherence or conflict with WTO
- Case study
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2008.9.30(Tue) Lecture："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
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2008.10. 7(Tue) Lecture："Korean Economic Development"（Dukgeun AHN）
- History of Korean Economic Development
- Experience of Financial Crisis
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2008.10.14(Tue) Lecture："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) Lecture："Korean FTA Policy"（Dukgeun AHN）
- Characteristics of Korean FTAs
- Current state of the play
- Content of FTAs -
2008.11. 4(Tue) Lecture："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) Lecture："Japanese Business Practice and Environment" （Takashi SHIMIZU, Guest Lecturer）
- Japanese Corporate Systems"
- Legal Environment of Japan -
2008.12. 2(Tue) Lecture："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
