日前,中韓官方宣布,已經完成中韓自由貿易協定(FTA)全部文本的草簽,并公開了協定中涉及關稅減讓的內容。

中韓達成自貿協定,除了大大加速中韓經濟融合外,還會產生多重戰略效應:

首先,全球談判效應。它是目前世界上主要經濟體之間簽訂的最重要的、質量和層次最高的自貿協定之一,對于推動全球貿易自由化與投資便利化規則的談判具有重要的示范與推動作用。

第二,地區合作效應。中韓自貿協定會進一步催促日本、我國臺灣地區等經濟體加速或升級與中國大陸的經濟自由貿易協定的談判,最終建成中日韓自貿區,帶動整個東亞自由貿易協定談判,推動更具包容性和前瞻性的亞太自貿區(FTAAP)的最終建立。

第三,雙邊示范效應。韓國作為美國的盟國,率先與中國達成自由貿易協定,連同隨后的中國與澳大利亞FTA一道,會對美國在亞太地區的盟友產生重要的示范效應。

第四,互聯互通效應。中韓自由貿易協定最終讓韓國搭上中國“一帶一路”順風車,加速與中國互聯互通而融入亞歐大陸。

第五,橋梁紐帶效應。韓國此前已經與歐盟、美國等主要經濟體簽署了FTA,并且支持中國亞太自由區倡議,且正在協商加入跨太平洋戰略經濟伙伴關系協議(TPP),但是,在韓國與其他國家簽署的所有自貿協定中,中韓自貿協定的關稅優惠對象數量最多。韓國對外經濟政策研究院預測,自貿區協定生效5年內,韓國國內生產總值(GDP)有望最高提升1.25%。（中國進出口網）

Recently, China and South Korea officially announced that China-ROK Free Trade Agreement (FTA) initialed text has been completed, and disclosed some contents involving tariff concessions.

In addition to greatly accelerating economic integration, the China-ROK FTA will also have multiple strategic effects:

First, global negotiations effect. It is one of the most important, the highest quality and level of the FTA signed among the world’s major economies, promoting the negotiations for the global trade liberalization and investment facilitation rules.

Second, regional cooperation effect. China ROK FTA will further urge Japan, Taiwan and other economies to accelerate or upgrade the free trade agreement negotiations with the China’s mainland economy, which is helpful to build China Japan ROK free trade zone, promoting the Free Trade Agreement negotiations in the whole of East Asia and the more inclusive and forward-looking FTAAP establishment.

Third, bilateral demonstration effect. Korea, as a US ally, reached the free trade agreement with China first, together with the subsequent FTA with Australia, it will have an important demonstration effect in the Asia-Pacific allies of the United States.

Fourth, the interconnection effects. China ROK FTA eventually make ROK involved into China’s "one belt one road", accelerating its interconnection with China and its integration into the Eurasian continent.

Fifth, bridge effect. South Korea had already signed FTA with the EU, the US and other major economies, and supports China’s Asia-Pacific free zone initiatives, and is negotiating to join Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), but compared with ROK’s FTA Agreement signed with other countries, China ROK FTA has the largest number of tariff preference objects. South Korean Foreign Economic Policy Research Institute predicted that the FTA Agreement would come into force in five years, South Korea's gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to enhance 1.25% at most.