SAKUYAMA Takumi
Department Undergraduate School , School of Agriculture Position Professor |
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Date | 2015/05/08 |
Presentation Theme | TPP and Japanese Agriculture |
Conference | 20th Japanese-German Symposium: Agriculture and Food Supply - Challenges and Perspectives |
Promoters | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Bonn Office and German JSPS Alumni Association |
Conference Type | Workshop/Symposium |
Presentation Type | Speech (Invitation/Special) |
Contribution Type | Individual |
Invited | Invited |
Venue | Potsdam University, Germany |
Details | 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? |