EU Trade Protectionism and Korean Overseas Investment : The Case of Asian Globalizing MNCs :The Case of Asian Globalizing MNCs

Doo Jin Kim

doi:10.14731/kjis.2003.12.43.5.117

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The Case of Asian Globalizing MNCs

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한국국제정치학회
국제정치논총 학술저널
The Korean Journal of International Relations Vol.43 No.5
2003.12 117 - 139 (23page)
DOI : 10.14731/kjis.2003.12.43.5.117

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The article provides an overview of the major factors motivating Korean FDI (foreign direct investment) in the EU and related empirical analyses illustrating the significant strong connection between EU trade policies and Korean European FDI that has consequently led to the internationalization of Korean electronics firms. We argue that anti-dumping policies initiated by the EU, rather than the US have had a more far-reaching impact on the growth of Korean multinationals, although admittedly, the emergence of Korean electronics multinationals is partly due to the preliminary experiences of earlier investments in the US market. Emphasis is placed on the phenomenon of investments by major Korean electronics companies. While we provides in part details of Korean FDI in the EU, this article examines not only a determining factor behind Korean European FDI, but also a subsequent effect of Korean investments in the EU that led to the globalization of Korean electronics multinationals. The implication of this article constitutes a preliminary perspective for an analysis of how trade policies designed by the advanced countries, in other words, the paradoxically exogenous factor (rather than the endogenous factor) have had an influence on the growth of the NIEs private sector.

#Trade regime #Protectionism #EU(European Union) #FDI(foreign direct investment) #Anti-dumping #Multinationals #Electronics industry #Globalization #Internationalization #Single Market