[KS] Re: Unequal treaties

Kirk Larsen kwlarsen at fas.harvard.edu
Mon Aug 24 10:40:24 EDT 1998


The most comprehensive source for late-Choson treaties is:

 Author:         Chung, Henry, comp.

 Title:          Korean treaties

 Published:      New York, H. S. Nichols, inc. 1919.
                                                       
The Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs also collected and published several
of the same treaties (Chinese and English text often included). I don't
have the exact source cite on hand.

In general, as far as tariff rates are concerned, the first round of
treaties signed betwen Korean and the U.S., Britain, and France (1882)
were rather generous toward the Koreans. The British forced a revision
based on MFN privileges and comparing the tariff rates to late-1882
Sino-Korean Trade Regulations. After late 1883, nearly all Korean tarrif
rates were a rather low 5-7%.

Kirk W. Larsen
kwlarsen at fas.harvard.edu



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