South Korea in Global Trade and Investment

The paper aims to evaluate the position of South Korea in global trade and investment. It addresses three main questions: What are the current trends of the South Korean macroeconomic environment? What is the position of South Korea in global trade? And, what is the current situation in terms of foreign direct investments and its future trends of development? In order to answer these questions, the paper provides various economic and business facts about South Korea. First, the paper focuses on macroeconomic indices of South Korea, including GDP, inflation, unemployment, budget deficit, and public and external debts in order to analyze the economic environment inside the country. Then the paper provides information about South Korea’s position in global trade, its major import & export partners, and goods and services traded. In addition, the paper provides description and analysis of South Korea’s investment environment, including foreign direct investment inflow & outflow, main investment partners and future trends of development. Moreover, the paper contains information about business opportunities of South Korea and provides recommendations for investors and entrepreneurs based on regional SWOT analysis.