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 2015/03/29
発表テーマ Japan's Quest for Tighter Disciplines on Food Export Restrictions in Trade Negotiations: A Critical Evaluation of the Japan-Australia EPA
会議名 2015 Annual Conference, Agricultural Economics Society of Japan
主催者 Agricultural Economics Society of Japan
学会区分 全国学会
発表形式 口頭(一般)
単独共同区分 単独
開催地名 Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
概要 This paper aims to evaluate as to whether Japan's quest for tighter disciplines on food export restrictions in trade negotiations is successful by taking the Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (JAEPA) as a case in point. The answer is "no" since a "best endeavor" clause not to institute food export restrictions in the JAEPA are weaker than Japan's proposals in the WTO and similar provisions in the regional trade agreements concluded by European countries. Japan's real objectives of demanding tighter disciplines were not to secure stable imports but to contain exporting countries externally and to sell politicians unpopular trade agreements internally.