Copyright and Free Trade—A Korean Perspective

Copyright and Free Trade—A Korean Perspective
Byungil Kim

ISBN 9781841138015
Bloomsbury Publishing

IN RECENT YEARS, the proliferation of Free Trade Agreements (FTA) has become a global trend. In comparison to other regions such as Europe and the Americas, it is true that Asia manifested only nominal interest in
regional economic integration until the recent past. However, in the aftermath of the Asian financial crisis in 1997, North East Asian countries became aware of the need for closer regional economic cooperation. Observing the great economic benefits that a FTA may bring with it, countries in Asia, notably Japan and Korea, have been pursuing FTAs in earnest.