This paper reviews the recent trends in foreign direct investment in China and its accomplishments. Furthermore, several desirable strategies and policy implications for Korea firms' future overseas investment are proposed.
This report assesses how the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) will affect Korea exports, comparing the competitiveness between Korea and Mexico in the U.S. market. In this context, in preparing for the timing of NAFTA's establishment, Korea companies need to seek countermeasure actively.
This paper is organized as follows. Section II reviews NAFTA's background and its main contents. Section III illustrates NAFTA's current status and effects. Competitiveness between Korea and Mexico in the U.S. market are compared in Sections IV and V by analyzing export changes, competitive relations, competitiveness by item and NAFTA's tariff effect. Concluding remarks and policy implications are provided in Section VI.

I. 서론

II. NAFTA의 추진배경 및 주요내용
1. NAFTA의 추진배경
2. 주요내용

III. NAFTA의 추진현황과 영향
1. NAFTA의 추진현황 및 전망
2. NAFTA의 경제적 효과

IV. 미국 수입시장에서의 한국 · 멕시코의 비교우위 분석
1. 우리나라와 주요 경쟁국의 대미 수출경쟁력 변화
2. 한국 · 멕시코의 배교우위 현황

V. 한국과 멕시코의 대미 수출경쟁력 비교분석
1. 한국과 멕시코의 대미 수출변화 요인 분석
2. 한국과 멕시코의 대미 수출시장 경합관계
3. 품목별 경쟁력 현황 및 NAFTA의 관세효과

VI. 결론 및 요약