Special Session: The TPP and Northeast Asia
Tuesday 7 February 15:45 to 17:45 (with simultaneous interpretation) [Conference Room 201]
- Moderator:
NAKAJIMA, Tomoyoshi - Senior Research Fellow, Research Division, ERINA
At the APEC Honolulu summit in November 2011Japan announced its participation in negotiations for the TPP (Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement), and this decision created a great stir in the moves on economic integration in the Asia-Pacific region. In this session we will discuss extensively the subsequent impact of the TPP on Northeast Asia, beginning with the Japan–China–ROK FTA, the commencement of negotiations for which has been set for 2012.
Reports
- "The Course from the FTAAP (Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific) Concept to the TPP Negotiations"
- NAKAGAWA, Shu
- Planning Officer, National Policy Unit, Cabinet Secretariat
- "The Background of the TPP Negotiations and the Specifics of the Presumed Content of the TPP"
- WATANABE, Yorizumi
- Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University
- "The Impact of the TPP on Northeast Asia (including the moves toward a Japan–China–ROK FTA)"
- KIM, Bong-gil
- Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Toyama, and ERINA Collaborative Researcher
Commentator
- IKEMA, Makoto
- Professor Emeritus, Hitotsubashi University
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