Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the essential cause for the policy failure of Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) in South Korea. Design/methodology/approach To substantiate the claims made for the failure of the policy, this paper focuses on the differences in policy preferences among the government ministries and agencies involved in TAA. Findings The failure in the TAA policy, according to this study, was attributed to the conflicts and miscoordination arising from the differences in policy preferences among government ministries and agencies. To rectify this failure, the South Korean government had to revise its laws and regulations several times over a short period. Originality/value Drawing on the analytical framework of the literature on policy failure, this paper examines the causal relationships between outcomes of TAA policy and the conflicts or miscoordination among government bodies at each stage: initiatives and planning, implementation and operation of the policy.

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寻找受益者：韩国的贸易调整援助系统

目的本研究的目的是探讨韩国贸易调整援助（TAA）政策失败的根本原因。设计/方法/方法为了证实因政策失败而提出的主张，本文着重于参与TAA的政府部门和机构在政策偏好方面的差异。调查结果根据这项研究，TAA政策的失败归因于政府各部委和机构之间政策偏好差异引起的冲突和不协调。为了纠正这种失败，韩国政府不得不在短期内几次修改其法律法规。独创性/价值借鉴有关政策失败的文献的分析框架，