A Study of the Russia-South Korea Trade Relations

• Main Authors: CHIU, CHIH-WEI, 邱志偉
• Other Authors: Andrei Ostrovsky
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 1997
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/12254638458153699469

碩士 === 淡江大學 === 俄羅斯研究所 === 85 === Under the reform of the "New Thinking" adopted by the late USSRpresident Michel Gorbachev, Russia and Asian countries got rid of theirunfavorable historical imbroglio and transferred from the relationship ofantagonism, skepticism, attachment into a closely interactive persistentcooperation. South Korea and Japan established their trade relationshipwith Russia with the convenience of regionalism. South Korea, under itsnational northward policy, had became an important trade partner withRussia and East European countries in the past decade, while the quarrelover the sovereignty of the northern four small islands hinderedRussia-Japan bilateral trade growth. Complicated Asian history and ethnicimbroglio both contributed to the intact planning phase of this regionaleconomic and trade cooperation. The successful Russian-South Koreabilateral trade development process can be a model for the study on EastAsia Regional Cooperation. This thesis begins from the difference of late USSR and South Koreatrade relationship with that of the evolving one after the debacle ofSoviet Union, and then discussing the domestic and international factorswhich influenced bilateral trade relationship from the period of "NewThinking Policy" adopted by Gorbachev in 1986 to the following ten years,as a proof that East Asian countries traded with Russia. First, probinginto the background and process of the Russia-South Korea bilateral traderel ationship through the theories of International Division of Labor,Demand Complementary, and Integration, and then comparing the differenceof their trade systems. Secondly, exploring into the transition ofbilateral trade framework and analyzing the main factors affectingRussia- South Korea would result in some generalization as follows: (1)The development of Russia-South Korea bilateral trade relationship couldbe divided into three phases by scale, from the limited indirect trade inCold War and the Gor bachev expansion growth period to the stable periodwhich Boris Yelsin came into power. The main reason of bilateral fiftyfivefold trade amounts was because of national economic policiessurmounting over the traditional ideological barrier. (2) Thecomplementation of bilateral trade framework and regional convenienceimproved bilateral cooperation of trade expansion: Although Russian FarEast territories are abundant in natural resources, but Russians wereunable to develop these areas, for the lack of cap ital and technologyfrom the deterioration of domestically economic transition process. Forthe sake of the settlement of territorial conflict between Russia andJapan, the trade growth of Russia-South Korea rose extraordinarily withthe investment of the Newly Industrializing Countries which were abundantin capital and production technology. The thesis found that the main attraction factors which triggeredRussia- South-Korea bilateral trade growth was due to the difference oftheir economic technological development levels. Under the powerfulgovernmental trade--oriented policy guidelines which followed theInternational Division of Labor Theory, there surly would be existing apositive effect upon bilateral economies. North-Eastern Asia doesn''t seemto form an economic bloc which can be compared with those of EuropeanCommunity and No rth American Free Trade Agreement in the short run, however, with the cooperation model of individual professionaldevelopment, North-Eastern Asia would be promising in the long run withthe powerful complementation of Russian sophisticated military technologyand South Korean applied science and production technology. Theauthorities concerned of Russia and South Korea should aggressivelypromote technology transition cooperation to develop the Far EastEconomic Region as a basis for the future dominant e conomic bloc. Theeconomic environment, growth, and external trade models of South Koreaand Taiwan are very much alike. Faced by the limited achievement of" Patient Mainland Economic and Trade Policy" and "Southward Policy, " thesuccessful Russia-South Korea trade relationship could be a crucialreference for the "Northward Policy" of our government.