WTO Negotiations and Other Agricultural Trade Issues in Japan

This paper examines the current developments in WTO negotiations on agriculture and discusses the issues of greatest concern to Japan as well as agricultural issues in free trade area (FTA) negotiations relating to Japan. With regard to agricultural policies in Japan it is stressed that: (1) structural reform in Japanese agriculture is essential to promote the WTO agricultural negotiations and to make negotiations on FTAs more effective and prompt; (2) Japan must consider various measures to increase the investment of capital from outside agriculture and the accumulation of new human capital; and (3) there should be increased market competition in Japanese agriculture so that productive resources can be better concentrated in efficient farms and farm businesses. On international issues, it may be desirable to establish an international forum, particularly among Asian countries, to discuss important agricultural issues in the region. This forum should consider not only agricultural tariff reductions, but also sanitary and phyto‐sanitary (SPS) measures that might be addressed in working toward a broader FTA in Asia. The objective would be for Japan to play a strong leadership role in seeking wider cooperation on agricultural policies and agricultural resource management together with potential FTA partners in the Asian region.     

农产品贸易自由化进程中的非贸易关注问题

非贸易关注问题是世界贸易组织新一轮农业多边谈判的重点内容,对农产品贸易自由化的进程有着十分重要的影响。深刻理解非贸易关注和农业多功能问题的内涵,了解世界主要国家在此问题上的立场与观点、以及在此基础上研究我国的立场与对策具有十分重要的意义。     

EU-US Relations: Reinventing the Transatlantic Agenda

Intereconomics - With Joe Biden’s victory, there is at least a four-year window to revive ‘an alliance of democracies’, face up to authoritarian powers and closed economies that...     

Critical Issues in American-Japanese Relations

COPING WITH US-JAPANESE ECONOMIC CONFLICTS, edited by I.M. Destler and Hideo Sato POWCY AND TRADE ISSUES OF THE JAPANESE ECONOMY: AMERICAN AND JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES, edited by Kozo Yamamura     

论澳门与欧盟经济关系中的若干问题

澳门与欧盟有着悠久的经贸联系。自澳门回归中国以来,澳门政局稳定,社会经济持续发展,居民安居乐业,对外经贸关系活跃,与欧盟的经贸联系和合作更加密切。本文主要以具代表性的欧盟主要成员国与澳门的经济关系来进行分析。通过这些分析,从中揭示澳门经济联系与合作关系的广泛性和国际性。     

WTO与中美关系

中国加入WTO的进程取决于中美关系的走向,中美关系的基础在于贸易,没有WTO机制,中美贸易面临的许多困难无法解决,中美贸易的稳健发展就没有保障,而中美两国建设性战略伙伴关系的建立也需要两国共同努力营造良好的国内国际环境。中国加入WTO的态度是积极的,基础是深厚的,中国加入WTO顺应了经齐全球化趋势,有利于促进两国经济的发展和世界经济的繁荣,也有利于世界的和平与发展。     

国际贸易关系政治化的表现

国际经济关系政治化是在冷战结束后出现的,国际贸易关系政治化是国际经济关系政治化的一个方面,表现为国际贸易关系区域化、各国积极制定贸易政策、全面管理对外贸易活动、广泛进行国际贸易协调、努力参与国际贸易制度的制定。     

贸易中的知识产权问题

知识产权作为无形资产,在现代被认为是所有权人重要的财富和权益。自19世纪以来,一批保护知识产权的国际公约和条约相继问世。其中重要的有：《保护工业产权的巴黎公约》(1983年)、《保护文学作品伯尔尼公约》(1886年)、《商标注册马德里公约》(1891年)、《保护表演者、录音制品与广播组织公约》(1961)、《专利合作条约》(1970年)、     

中国与印度经贸关系发展分析

近年来,中国和印度的经贸关系迅速发展,但潜力仍然很大。本文通过分析中印两国经贸关系发展的特点及存在的问题,探讨了在21世纪初中印经贸关系发展的前景及促进中印经贸关系持续发展的路径。     

法国的对外贸易与中法经贸关系

法国的对外贸易在二次世界大战之后经历了三个发展阶段,如今在世界贸易中已占有重要地位,法国政府积极支持对外贸易发展,对外贸易已成为拉动经济增长的关键因素。法国与中国长期以来在政治和经济方面都有着良好的合作关系,近几年法国政府又将中国列为第一个外贸优先国,中法两国将会展开全方位的合作与交流。     

环境标志制度对国际贸易的影响

环境标志(Environmental Label),又称绿色标志(Green Label),生态标志(Eco-Label),是环保法规的组成部分之一.由企业自愿申请以达到各国相应产品的环境标准,然后予以批准的一种制度.由于世界各国的环境标准内容不一,宽严各异,国际标准化组织(ISO)推出ISO14000认证制度作为环境管理的国际标准.     

The deceptive allure of a Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement: A US perspective

The idea of a Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement enjoys strong support in both the United States and Europe. Our author takes a critical view of such an agreement in the light both of his overall assessment of the implications of regional trading pacts for the larger multilateral trading system and of issues raised by the particular details of a US-EU agreement. This article is based on a paper presented at the 1998 Congress of Istanbul, The New Atlantic Initiative, May 1–3, 1998.     

Balancing China-EU Economic & Trade Relations

Accompanied by the maturing of China-EU political relations beginning in the 1990s,China-EU economic and trade relations have developed significantly each year.Now,theEU has become China's largest trading partner, as well as China's largest technology provider and fourth largest investment source for four consecutive years.China-EU cooperation has been expanded to include more than forty sectors.