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The Policy Making Process in FTA Negotiations: A Case Study of Japanese Bilateral EPAs

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  • Higashi, Shigeki

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This paper analyzes Japanese bilateral EPA negotiations, focusing on the areas that each country decided were most important, as well as which actors played the most important roles in each set of negotiations. The negotiations with Mexico and Thailand, which tried to increase agricultural exports to Japan through FTAs, will be discussed. Japan, one should note, still seeks to protect its agricultural sector in spite of the spread of liberalization. The Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia’s efforts to improve and compete in developing their automotive industries, in the face of the completion of AFTA in 2010, are also examined. In addition, this paper discusses whether economic cooperation, the essential Japanese strategy in EPA negotiations, alters the negotiation process in any significant way.

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  • Higashi, Shigeki, 2008. "The Policy Making Process in FTA Negotiations: A Case Study of Japanese Bilateral EPAs," IDE Discussion Papers 138, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO).
    • Handle: RePEc:jet:dpaper:dpaper138
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    Keywords

    FTA (Free Trade Agreement); EPA (Economic Partnership Agreement); Policy making; Japan; ASEAN; Southeast Asia; International economic relations; International agreements; International cooperation; 自由貿易協定; 経済連携協定; 政策立案; 日本; アセアン; 東南アジア; 国際経済; 国際協定; 国際協力;
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    JEL classification:

    • D78 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
    • F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
    • L52 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Industrial Policy; Sectoral Planning Methods

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