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FREE TRADE

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 25, 2020
Is China a free trader or just a free rider?
On issues of market access for goods, if China wants to join CPTPP, it must negotiate from scratch with all 11 members.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 24, 2019
Goals for the Group of 20 summit in Osaka
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has four major agenda items in store for the Group of 20's upcoming summit in Osaka.
EDITORIALS
Jan 3, 2019
Making the most of multilateral free trade deals
Going forward, Japan needs to change its industrial structures in ways that make the most of the expanded business opportunities that these pacts provide.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 2, 2018
Abe's art of the deal: What the prime minister won in New York
Japan is at the heart of virtually every effort to write new rules for the global trading system.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 14, 2018
Japan has the potential to keep global free trade alive
Japan can possibly go down in history as a nation that played a crucial role in preventing the collapse of the global free trade system.
EDITORIALS
Aug 13, 2018
Adhere to free trade rules in talks with U.S.
The Japan-U.S. trade dialogue should be a venue for constructive efforts to expand trade and investments between the two countries in ways that are compatible with international free trade rules.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 13, 2018
Globalization with Chinese characteristics
Trump's 'America First' policy is making space for China to shape international trade.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 7, 2018
How to make the global economy work for all
A period of unprecedented prosperity is being threatened by a sense that not all benefit from integration.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 23, 2018
When a trade agreement represents a global vision
Japan and the EU are making it clear the appetite for trade deals remains strong.

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