EFFECTS OF FTA AMONG CHINA, JAPAN AND KOREA ON AGRICULTURE

Abstract

The effects of the Free Trade Agreement among China, Japan and Korea on Korean agriculture (CJK FTA) can be measured by Korean agricultural simulation model KREI-ASMO. Simulation results show that reductions in total agricultural income will occur at the range from 14 percent to 22 percent in 2014 depending on the coverage of the FTA. The impacts on agricultural income will be smaller when rice is excluded from the FTA. Also, Potential Bilateral Trade (PBT) indicated that the CJK FTA may result in significant increases in agricultural trade deficits against China and some decrease in trade surplus against Japan.

The effects of the Free Trade Agreement among China, Japan and Korea on Korean agriculture (CJK FTA) can be measured by Korean agricultural simulation model KREI-ASMO. Simulation results show that reductions in total agricultural income will occur at the range from 14 percent to 22 percent in 2014 depending on the coverage of the FTA. The impacts on agricultural income will be smaller when rice is excluded from the FTA. Also, Potential Bilateral Trade (PBT) indicated that the CJK FTA may result in significant increases in agricultural trade deficits against China and some decrease in trade surplus against Japan.