Negotiation Process, Main Contents, and Characteristics of EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement

doi:10.14156/j.cnki.rbwtyj.2021.03.004

Abstract

Abstract: The EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement(EPA)has officially taken effect in 2019, exerting great influence on the global economic environment and international trade practices. Using interview and news reports, this pater has sorted out the negotiation process between the two parties and divided it into five stages, namely folk proposal, official consultation, the beginning, stagnation, and completion of negotiations. It outlines the areas of goods trade, service trade, and trade rules in the agreement text, and compares it with other agreements signed by Japan, and concludes that the EU-Japan EPA is characterized by distinctive EU characteristics, high standards, large Japanese concessions, and a high degree of liberalization, and the negotiation process is greatly influenced by the United States.EPA is a crucial part of trade policies in the period of Abe administration. Using EPA as a case to analyze the changes and demands of Japan in the field of trade policies has important implications for China-Japan trade cooperation and exchanges and the signing of the China-Japan-ROK FTA.

Key words: EPA, negotiation process, characteristics

CLC Number:

F117

YU Zi-han. Negotiation Process, Main Contents, and Characteristics of EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement[J]. Japanese Research, 2021, 35(3): 36-47.

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