Prof. Sung-Hoon Park is Professor of Economics and International Trade at the Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS), Korea University, as well as a Jean Monnet Chair and an Executive Director of KU-KIEP-SBS EU Centre, Korea University Seoul. He earned his PhD in Economics from Technical University of Berlin, Germany in 1993. He has held visiting professorships at the Korean Institute of International Economic Policy (KIEP), Macau Institute of European Studies, Ritsumeikan University, ASEF University, UC San Diego, the University of Canterbury (New Zealand) and Vienna University. His research activities have focused on international trade and investment policy (WTO rules), European and Asian economic integration and Korea’s external economic policies. He has published numerous books and over one hundred articles.