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1 November 2018
The leaders of China and Japan endorsed a series of deals last week, with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visiting Beijing for landmark, high-level discussions on trade and infrastructure cooperation with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang. The event was being watched closely...
30 October 2018
Japan has traditionally imposed one of the most stringent immigration policies among developed nations. But with aging demographics, its increasingly critical labour shortage is prompting more radical approaches, including relaxing a virtual ban on unskilled workers. Many countries are currently...
20 October 2018
Em comunicado circulado em 16 de outubro ao Congresso, o representante dos Estados Unidos para o Comércio (USTR, sigla em inglês), Robert Lighthizer, declarou que avançará nas negociações de acordos com Japão, Reino Unido e União Europeia (UE). O comunicado inscreve-se no contexto da Autoridade de...
11 October 2018
The world’s third largest economy should consider taking a “fresh look” at the economic policy strategy known as “Abenomics,” according to a report issued by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) last week on Japan. While noting that Tokyo has played a “leadership role” on trade liberalisation, the...
1 October 2018
美国总统唐纳德•特朗普和日本首相安倍晋三于9月26日星期三在纽约发表联合声明，宣布计划开启双边贸易协定的正式谈判。 该新闻发布的几天前，双方贸易谈判代表在联合国大会（UNGA）第73届会议期间举行了会谈，讨论自由贸易协定谈判的可能性。 周三公布的联合声明表示：“在完成必要的国内程序后，美国和日本将开始就美日贸易协定展开谈判，涉及可以取得早期成果的货物贸易和服务等关键领域。” 他们还表示，一旦该协议完成，他们会计划进行其他议题领域的追加谈判，但并没有进行具体说明，只表示会与贸易和投资相关。 该声明还阐述了在正式贸易谈判开始后，各方所同意尊重的“立场”。 “对于美国而言，...
27 September 2018
US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe issued a joint statement from New York on Wednesday 26 September where they announced plans to start formal negotiations for a bilateral trade accord. The news came just days after trade negotiators from both sides met on the margins...
24 September 2018
9月20日，日本首相安倍晋三在自民党内部选举大胜之后，将连任自民党（LDP）总裁。安倍晋三首相任期将延续至2021年，这促使人们仔细审视这位日本领导人将如何以及是否打算实施其经济战略接下来的步骤。 安倍晋三曾在2006到2007年短暂担任过日本首相，而后自2012年以来一直担任该职务，目前将进入第三个任期。2012年上任以来，安倍一直致力于实施一项广为人知的“安倍经济学”经济战略，围绕“三支箭”展开，旨在结束这个世界第三大经济体数十年来的通货紧缩，并达到预期的2%的通货膨胀率。 日本还在努力应对人口方面的重大挑战，如人口老龄化、正式劳动力中妇女比例长期偏低等问题，...
20 September 2018
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe secured the continued leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Thursday 20 September, following an internal contest within his party that he won by a wide margin. Abe will serve as prime minister through 2021, which has prompted scrutiny over how and...
3 August 2018
Para promover o início da negociação de um Acordo de Parceria Econômica (EPA, sigla em inglês) entre Japão e Mercado Comum do Sul (Mercosul), em 23 de julho, representantes da indústria do Brasil e do Japão entregaram a seus respectivos governos uma proposta com vistas a orientar as tratativas. O...
23 July 2018
La Unión Europea (UE) y Japón firmaron el martes 17 de julio en Tokio un Acuerdo de Asociación Estratégica y un Acuerdo de Asociación Económica. En un contexto de tensiones comerciales globales, estos países buscan abrir sus fronteras a una zona que abarca en su conjunto unos 630 millones de...
19 July 2018
Leaders from the EU and Japan signed a sweeping free trade accord in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday 17 July, touting the accord as a testament of their support for the rules-based, multilateral trading system in a time of heightened global trade tensions and as an economic boon for producers and...
28 June 2018
Legislation to ratify the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is making its way through both the Canadian and Japanese legislatures, officials say, bringing the deal closer to entering into force. Earlier this month, Canadian international trade minister François-...
7 June 2018
Em reunião ministerial anual da Organização para a Cooperação e o Desenvolvimento Econômico (OCDE) realizada em 30 e 31 de maio, o presidente da França, Emmanuel Macron, propôs aos membros a abertura de uma negociação entre as grandes potências comerciais para reformar a Organização Mundial do...
4 June 2018
5月23日，美国商务部长Wilbur Ross宣布，援引《1962年贸易扩张法案》第232条，开始调查汽车进口对国家安全的影响。 3月份美国商务部就是援引该法调查钢铁和铝的进口是否威胁国家安全，调查结果已于今年年初递交给唐纳德•特朗普总统。（《桥周报》，2018年3月8日） 这项新调查将分析SUV、货车、轻型卡车和汽车零部件的进口对美国市场的影响。根据232条款，商务部长可以进行全面调查，以确定进口的产品对美国国家安全的影响。 Ross在给美国国防部长James Mattis的信中肯定地表示，“有证据表明，几十年来，海外进口已经侵蚀了我们国内的汽车行业。” 商务部宣布，调查将“...
31 May 2018
On 23 May, US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the initiation of an investigation into the national security implications of auto imports under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. This investigation follows in the footsteps of the US Commerce Department’s probes into whether...
2 April 2018
3月22日-23日中日韩三方恢复了贸易谈判，本次谈判距上轮已有近一年。中日韩三国也是区域全面经济伙伴关系”（RCEP）区域贸易协议中的成员，RCEP共有16个国家参与，计划于今年达成协议。 中日韩FTA 本次高级官员会议在韩国首尔举行，三方代表团分别由中国商务部副部长王受文、日本副外相Yamazaki Kazuyuki和韩国贸易投资部副部长Kim Young-sam领衔出席。 中日韩FTA于2012年11月在第21届东盟会议上启动。自此之后，三个国家轮流举行会议。中日韩三个国家均是亚洲大型经济体，GDP合计占到全球五分之一。 全面增加贸易和投资跨境流动是谈判的另一个关键目标，...
29 March 2018
Trade negotiations between China, Japan, and South Korea resumed from 22-23 March, nearly one year after officials held their previous round. The three countries are also part of a broader effort to clinch a 16-country regional trade deal, which is vying for conclusion this year. China-Korea-Japan...
9 November 2017
US President Donald Trump began his five-nation trip in the Asia-Pacific region this past weekend, starting with a visit to Tokyo to address trade relations and other foreign policy matters with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The meeting of leaders from two of the world’s largest economies was...