Growth and Participation of South Korea’s Trade with Northeast and Southeast Economies

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Ángel Licona Michel

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South Korea, trade, growth, Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia.

Abstract

South Korea presents sustained growth in trade with the economies of Northeast and Southeast Asia. It is part of the twenty largest economies in the world and one of the nations with the highest levels of exports and imports. The largest flows occur with the People's Republic of China (China), Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), with these last two, it has signed Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). In this context, the objective of of this research is to analyze the growth and participation of South Korea's trade with the economies of Northeast and Southeast Asia between 1980 and 2022. To this end, a documentary analysis was conducted, which allowed for recovery of selective information from diverse sources to explain the relevance of exports and imports with both regions.

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