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slide1. Director-General for Trade Policy Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry Koichi Akaishi Fifth EU Asia Top Economist Round Table
EU Japan Economic Forum
Tokyo, 14 November 2014 Takayuki UEDA
Vice-Minister for International Affairs,
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan Building a ‘Bridge’ between the Asia Pacific and the EU
-The Strategic Significance of the EU-Japan FTA/EPA-
Paris, 10 February 2016 The Role of Japan
- leading global economic rules -<br>
slide2. Two Ways forward – a crossroad in the global economy - 1<br>
slide3. Japan’s Trade Policy Multilateral/Plurilateral Negotiations in WTO
e.g.
Information Technology Agreement (ITA) expansion
Environmental Goods Agreement
Bilateral EPA/FTA
e.g.
Japan-EU EPA/FTA
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
Japan, China, South Korea, India, Australia, New Zealand + ASEAN 2 Ｗ Ｔ Ｏ Custom duties are reduced equally to all member countries<br>
slide4. 3 Japan’s goal in global trade 3 Increase FTA/EPA ratio from 19%(2012) to 70% (by 2018) 2012 2016 in force/Signed/Agreed Under Negotiation Others 37.3%<br>
slide5. TPP Peru Australia Vietnam Malaysia Canada Mexico Japan Trans-Pacific Partnership(TPP) . 4 TPP is the 21st century style rules: IPR, E-commerce, SOE, and environment , etc. national treatment （NT） and MFN for the pre and post-Establishment
ISDS（Investor-State Dispute Settlement） Investment Protection open markets including AV service by “negative list approach”
temporary entry for business persons in a timely and transparent manner Trade in Services not to impose custom duties on digital products
Against source-code disclosure/ server requirements
free cross-border data flows etc. E-Commerce<br>
slide6. Development of Japan’s FTA/EPA Networks 5 Source : worldbank.org 36%of world GDP 29% of world GDP Japan-EU・EPA China-Japan-Korea FTA TPP
（Trans-Pacific Partnership） RCEP
( Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership )<br>
slide7. Japan-EU Summit Meeting (November 2015) 6 The two leaders shared the view that they would instruct their respective chief negotiators to accelerate the EPA/FTA negotiations and continue to do their utmost efforts to reach agreement in principle this year, and, if not, to achieve such agreement at the earliest possible time in the course of next year.<br>
slide8. Director-General for Trade Policy Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry Koichi Akaishi Fifth EU Asia Top Economist Round Table
EU Japan Economic Forum
Tokyo, 14 November 2014 Takayuki UEDA
Vice-Minister for International Affairs,
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan Building a ‘Bridge’ between the Asia Pacific and the EU
-The Strategic Significance of the EU-Japan FTA/EPA-
Paris, 10 February 2016 Thank you.<br>
EU Japan Economic Forum
Tokyo, 14 November 2014 Takayuki UEDA
Vice-Minister for International Affairs,
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan Building a ‘Bridge’ between the Asia Pacific and the EU
-The Strategic Significance of the EU-Japan FTA/EPA-
Paris, 10 February 2016 The Role of Japan
- leading global economic rules -<br>
slide2. Two Ways forward – a crossroad in the global economy - 1<br>
slide3. Japan’s Trade Policy Multilateral/Plurilateral Negotiations in WTO
e.g.
Information Technology Agreement (ITA) expansion
Environmental Goods Agreement
Bilateral EPA/FTA
e.g.
Japan-EU EPA/FTA
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
Japan, China, South Korea, India, Australia, New Zealand + ASEAN 2 Ｗ Ｔ Ｏ Custom duties are reduced equally to all member countries<br>
slide4. 3 Japan’s goal in global trade 3 Increase FTA/EPA ratio from 19%(2012) to 70% (by 2018) 2012 2016 in force/Signed/Agreed Under Negotiation Others 37.3%<br>
slide5. TPP Peru Australia Vietnam Malaysia Canada Mexico Japan Trans-Pacific Partnership(TPP) . 4 TPP is the 21st century style rules: IPR, E-commerce, SOE, and environment , etc. national treatment （NT） and MFN for the pre and post-Establishment
ISDS（Investor-State Dispute Settlement） Investment Protection open markets including AV service by “negative list approach”
temporary entry for business persons in a timely and transparent manner Trade in Services not to impose custom duties on digital products
Against source-code disclosure/ server requirements
free cross-border data flows etc. E-Commerce<br>
slide6. Development of Japan’s FTA/EPA Networks 5 Source : worldbank.org 36%of world GDP 29% of world GDP Japan-EU・EPA China-Japan-Korea FTA TPP
（Trans-Pacific Partnership） RCEP
( Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership )<br>
slide7. Japan-EU Summit Meeting (November 2015) 6 The two leaders shared the view that they would instruct their respective chief negotiators to accelerate the EPA/FTA negotiations and continue to do their utmost efforts to reach agreement in principle this year, and, if not, to achieve such agreement at the earliest possible time in the course of next year.<br>
slide8. Director-General for Trade Policy Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry Koichi Akaishi Fifth EU Asia Top Economist Round Table
EU Japan Economic Forum
Tokyo, 14 November 2014 Takayuki UEDA
Vice-Minister for International Affairs,
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan Building a ‘Bridge’ between the Asia Pacific and the EU
-The Strategic Significance of the EU-Japan FTA/EPA-
Paris, 10 February 2016 Thank you.<br>