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| Title of the article | Free Trade Agreements as a Foreign Trade Policy Tool of Japan in Early 21st Century |
| Pages | 21-42 |
| Author 1 | Evgeny Borisovich Kovrigin Candidate of Economics, Professor University of Seinan Gakuin Fukuoka, Japan This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| Author 2 | Denis Vladimirovich Suslov Candidate of Economics, Senior Research Fellow Economic Research Institute FEB RAS 153 Tikhookeanskaya Street, Khabarovsk, Russia, 680042 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| Abstract | The tendencies of making and implementing FTAs in the Asia-Pacific region (APR) are analyzed. Problems of carrying out FTA-oriented trade policy by APR countries are determined. Issues of Japanese foreign trade policy concerning conclusion and implementation of FTAs with APR countries in 2000–2006 are considered. Assessment is given of the current condition and prospects of Japanese foreign trade policy with APR countries as part of concluded and planned FTAs |
| Code | 339.54(520) |
| DOI | 10.14530/se.2008.1.021-042 |
| Keywords | ВForeign trade policy ♦ free trade agreements ♦ economic partnership agreements ♦ Asia-Pacific region ♦ ASEAN ♦ Japan |
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| For citation | Kovrigin E.B., Suslov D.V. Free Trade Agreements as a Foreign Trade Policy Tool of Japan in Early 21st Century. Prostranstvennaya Ekonomika = Spatial Economics, 2008, no. 1, pp. 21-42. DOI: 10.14530/se.2008.1.021-042. (In Russian). |
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| Financing | The article was prepared with the support of a grant from the Russian State Regional Scientific Fund supported by the Regional Expert Council "Assessment of likely reactions of foreign trade and investment interactions of the Russian Far East with APR countries for the forthcoming accession of Russia to the WTO"; grant of the Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences No. 06-III-V-10-437 |