Ph.D  Case Western Reserve University

International Trade, FTA, Trade Negotiation

TEL: +82-33-250-6189

E-mail: chsohn@kangwon.ac.kr

Major Career

Academic Experience

• 2004 ~ 2006  Guest professor, Faculty of Economics, Yokohama National University, Japan

• 1989 ~ 2004  Senior fellow, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy

Work Experience

• 2014 ~ present  Dean, GTEP (Global Trade Experts incubation Program), KNU

• 2013 ~ 2013  Guest professor, International Graduate School of Social Science, Yokohama National University, Japan

• 2011 ~ 2013  Chair, Departemnt of International trade and Business, KNU

• 2009 ~ 2013  Advisory member, Bank of Korea Gangwon Headquarter

• 2007 ~ 2009 Director, Institute of Industrial Economics, KNU

• 2007 ~ 2013 Member, Gangwon Economic Forum

• 2000 ~ 2002 Executive director, APEC Education Foundation

• 1996 ~ 1997 Visiting fellow, Department of Economics, and Economic Growth Center, Yale University, U.S.A.

• 1989 ~2004 Member of Korean delegate, TRIPs negotiation, Uruguay Round

• Member of Korean delegate, SCSC negotiation group, APEC

• Member of Korean delegate, Technology transfer group, UNCED

• 1988 ~ 1989 Director, Trade Policies Office, Korea International Trade Association

• 1986 ~ 1988  Research Analyst, Center for Regional Economic Issues, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, U.S.A.

Professional Position

• Member, Customs Deliberation Commission, Ministry of Finance and Economy

• Member, Trade Negotiation Group (IPR and TBT), Ministry of Foreign Affairs

• Member, Industrial Standard Council, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

• Editorial member, Journal of Economic Research

• Co-managing editor, Asian Economic Papers

• Fellow of Congress, East Asian Economic Association

• Member, Korea Economic Association / Korea International Economic Association

Honor

• Listed in Marquis Who's Who in the World, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

Major Reaserch

• The Effect of China's Rise on FDI Competition in East Asia: Crowding-out or Crowding-in ?(2016.02, Scottish Journal of Political Economy)

• Intra-industry Trade and Industry Distribution of Productivity: A Cournot-Ricardo Approach(2012.04, The World Economy)

• Trade Structure, FTAs, and Economic Growth(2010.09, Review of Development Economics)

• How FTAs Affect Income Levels of Member Countries?(2006.12,The World Economy)

• Trade and Financial Integration in East Asia: Effects on Co-movements, The World Economy, 2006

• Does the Gravity Model Explain Korea's Trade Flows?(2005, Japanese Economic Review)

• How Intra-industry Trade is related to Income Difference and Foreign Direct Investment in East Asia?(2005, Asian Economic Papers)

• Korea's Marginal Intra-industry Trade and the Choice of Preferential Partners(2004, Asian Economic Papers)

• Corporate Debt Resolution and the Role of Foreign Capital in the Post-Crisis Restructuring of Korea(2002, Developing Economies)