Indonesia Korea Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Partnership (IKCEPA) arises from the desire of both countries to boost trade performance and make the free trade agreement more comprehensive. CEPA agreement with South Korea has targeted the reduction and elimination of tariffs that cover more products and services. This study analyzed the relationship between Indonesia merchandise trade cooperation with South Korea. Besides, look at the potential of the Korean market for goods exports from Indonesia featured. To deepen the study simple equilibrium analysis is used to analyze the potential of the South Korean market for goods exports Indonesia. The analysis showed that after the implementation of AKFTA in 2007, Indonesia merchandise trade performance by sector turned out to have an average growth of imports by 21.36 percent, higher than the average export growth of 8.19 percent. There are some items which have the potential to become a mainstay of exports to Korea that includes textiles, wood processing, manufacturing goods such as spare parts of household appliances, bicycles and others. Likewise, there are some agricultural products such as pineapple, guava, and animals such as freshwater fish, crabs, cuttlefish and others. However, the export of these items to South Korea is still hampered by their tariff barriers. Forum IKCEPA cooperation can be a bridge to fill the gap between the two countries for tariff reduction, market acces and an increase in exports of both countries.Keywords: IKCEPA, negotiation, export

The purpose of this study is to map some of Indonesia's loser sector products which are commodities that need to be strengthened in the RCEP cooperation forum. In this study, the Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) formula is used to analyze the competitiveness of Indonesian export products. The average RCA results between, 2015-2019 show that out of the five food and beverage product items, most of them have high competitiveness. Meanwhile, the average RCA of livestock products, light industry and heavy industrial products has low competitiveness. A strengthening strategy to increase product competitiveness in the RCEP market requires several steps. These steps include identifying market access in RCEP partner countries, improving product quality and specialization, coordinating between the Government and the private sector and continuing to encourage bureaucratic reform, harmonization of regulations to obtain Smart Regulations.

RCEP dibentuk sebagai wujud dari respon ASEAN terhadap dinamika ekonomi di kawasan dan global berupa integrasi ASEAN dengan perekonomian global. RCEP memiliki tujuan progresif menghapuskan tarif dan hambatan non-tarif serta memfasilitasi dan meningkatkan transparansi antar negara anggota. Penyatuan 16 negara dalam satu skema perjanjian perdagangan bebas akan menjadikan RCEP menjadi blok perdagangan besar sepertiga dunia. Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis optimalisasi perdagangan barang dengan diberlakukannya RCEP dan upaya-upaya yang dapat dilakukan untuk mengoptimalkan manfaat atas perdagangan barang. Dalam penelitian ini digunakan   pendekatan deskriptif. Salah satu upaya peningkatan ekspor jangka menengah dapat dicapai juga dengan mempercepat penyelesaian perundingan RCEP khususnya terkait tiga isu penting yaitu isu perdagangan barang (trade in goods), perdagangan jasa (trade in services), dan investasi. mendorong transformasi struktur ekspor dari berbasis komoditi ke produk dan jasa bernilai tambah, memanfaatkan secara penuh skema preferensi yang ada selama ini ada, menargetkan pasar secara spesifik, fokus pada skala untuk membantu perbaikan neraca perdagangan serta menyusun “negative list” negara2 tujuan ekspor yang selama ini perlu dioptimalkan seperti China, Jepang dan Korea Selatan.