サクヤマ　タクミ   SAKUYAMA Takumi   作山　巧    所属   明治大学  農学部    職種   専任教授
発表年月日	2015/05/08
発表テーマ	TPP and Japanese Agriculture
会議名	20th Japanese-German Symposium: Agriculture and Food Supply - Challenges and Perspectives
主催者	Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Bonn Office and German JSPS Alumni Association
学会区分	研究会・シンポジウム等
発表形式	口頭（招待・特別）
単独共同区分	単独
招待講演	招待講演
開催地名	Potsdam University, Germany
概要	A Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement is currently under negotiation to create a trading bloc among 12 countries in the Asia-Pacific. While its participants were initially New Zealand, Singapore, Chile and Brunei, they expanded subsequently to include the United States and Japan. A TPP seeks to be a '21st century trade agreement' with elimination of tariffs and comprehensive rules on goods, services and intellectual property, but it generates controversy in existing and potential entrants in the negotiations. Against this background, my presentation addresses the following questions: (i) why has the TPP succeeded in expanding despite the fact that its original members were all tiny countries? (ii) why is the participation to the TPP negotiations so controversial not only in Japan but also other countries? (iii) what will be the impacts of tariff elimination on Japanese food and agriculture under the TPP? (iv) what will be the prospect of concluding negotiations in the near term?