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A Response to a Shift toward "Assertive" Global Trade Environment: Focusing on EU's Proposed Anti-Coercion Instrument

'공세적' 국제통상환경으로의 변화와 그 대응 : EU의 경제적 위협 대응조치 규칙안을 중심으로

  • 김경화 (건국대학교 국제무역학과)
  • Received : 2023.07.30
  • Accepted : 2023.08.17
  • Published : 2023.08.31
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Abstract

The increase in assertive and unilateral measures represents a key feature of the recent global trade environment. Against this backdrop, the EU is pushing to introduce the so-called "anti-coercion instrument(the instrument)," which aims to allow unilateral countermeasures in the event of economic coercion or threats from third countries. This paper examines the recent assertive trade environment and the legislative background of the instrument. It evaluated the necessity of and concerns arising from the instrument by comparing the existing EU trade policy, i.e., Trade Barrier Regulation (TBR). In addition, the paper aims to analyze the permissibility of the instrument under the WTO system, especially in the context of the principle of "strengthening of the multilateral system." Finally, the paper draws implications of the instrument in terms of our domestic policies that can effectively address economic threats or trade friction in the growing geopolitical crisis.

공세적이고 일방주의적 조치의 증가는 최근 국제통상환경의 대표적인 특징이다. EU는 이러한 환경에 대처하기 위해 제3국의 경제적 위협 시 독자적인 대응조치 허용을 골자로 하는 '경제적 위협 대응조치 규칙안' 도입을 추진하고 있다. 본 고는 규칙안의 입법 배경인 최근 공세적 통상환경의 특징을 살펴보고 기존 EU의 통상정책과의 연계 및 발전 맥락에서 동 규칙안의 필요성 및 우려의 측면을 평가하였다. 또한 타국의 경제적 위협에 대해 독자적으로 대처하고자 하는 시도가 국제적으로 확산되고 있는바, EU의 경제적 위협 대응조치 규칙안의 WTO 체제하에서의 허용 가능성을 검토하였다. 마지막으로 점증하는 지정학적 위기 속에서 우려되는 경제적 위협과 통상마찰에 대한 우리의 국내적 대응 방안 측면에서 동 규칙안의 시사점을 도출하였다.

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