Japan’s trade policy in an era of growing anti-globalism
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Anti-globalism is an ever-growing force in world politics, especially in the post-global financial crisis era. The election of Donald Trump as president of the United States could well be one of its most consequential manifestations given his support for protectionist policies and early action to withdraw the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). The U-turn in American trade policy has greatly complicated the task for Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who had given the TPP utmost priority in his economic growth strategy. Recognizing the importance of the expansion of trade for its economic recovery, Japan needs to reformulate its trade strategy to put its economy back on a growth trajectory, and possibly to contribute to the growth of world trade and the global economy.
On February 27, the Center for East Asia Policy Studies at Brookings and the U.S.-Japan Research Institute co-hosted a panel of trade policy experts from the United States and Japan for a discussion on the current trade policy landscape in Japan and East Asia. Panelists addressed the outlook for Japan’s trade policy and free trade agreement negotiations, the impact of the United States’ withdrawal from the TPP on Japan, and the differing levels of enthusiasm for trade agreements in East Asia versus Europe and the United States.
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Panelists
Mireya Solís
Director - Center for East Asia Policy Studies
Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies
Philip Knight Chair in Japan Studies
Vinod K. Aggarwal
Professor and Travers Family Senior Faculty Fellow - Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
Director - Berkeley APEC Study Center
Yukiko Fukagawa
Professor - Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University
Takashi Terada
Professor, Department of Political Science - Doshisha University
Operating Advisor - U.S.-Japan Research Institute
Shujiro Urata
Professor, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies - Waseda University
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