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SAKUYAMA Takumi
Department Undergraduate School , School of Agriculture Position Professor |
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| Language | Japanese |
| Publication Date | 2021/03 |
| Type | Academic Journal |
| Peer Review | Peer reviewed |
| Title | Does the Japan-US Trade Agreement Violate the WTO Agreements?: Verification by Calculating True Tariff Elimination Ratios Based on the Japanese Government Criterion |
| Contribution Type | Sole-authored |
| Journal Type | Japan |
| Volume, Issue, Page | 92(3),pp.317-322 |
| Total page number | 6 |
| Details | This paper finds that, in the Japan-US Trade Agreement (JUSTA), the true tariff elimination ratio for the US is 5 percent and that for Japan-US combined is 34 percent, which falls short of the 90 percent threshold set by the Japanese government for its FTA to be consistent with the WTO Agreements, and proves that the JUSTA violates the WTO Agreements. This conclusion is reinforced by the fact that, even if tariffs on automobiles/auto parts and duty-free items are assumed to be eliminated as the Japanese Government professes, the tariff elimination ratio for the US still falls below 90 percent. |
| URL for researchmap | https://researchmap.jp/Takumi_Sakuyama/published_papers/31661861 |