IJS Lecture: Fukunari Kimura, "The Impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Trade Agreement on Japan and East Asia"

February 8, 2016

4:30PM - 6:00PM

Room 190 Knowlton Hall, 275 West Woodruff Avenue

Add to Calendar 2016-02-08 17:30:00 2016-02-08 19:00:00 IJS Lecture: Fukunari Kimura, "The Impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Trade Agreement on Japan and East Asia" Institute for Japanese Studies Lecture Series"The Impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Trade Agreement on Japan and East Asia"Fukunari Kimura Professor and DeanGraduate School of EconomicsKeio UniversityTokyo, JapanFlyer: Fukunari Kimura Flyer.pdf Abstract: The agreement of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in October 2015 among the twelve Pacific Rim nations has generated political and economic repercussions in Japan and East Asia. Direct effects from the TPP commitments on the Japanese economy may not be large, but indirect effects on its political economy over agriculture will be substantial. The most significant benefits for Japan will come from the expansion of Japanese firms’ production/distribution networks due to improved business conditions that the TPP is expected to bring about in the developing economies of East Asia. In this regard it is noteworthy that the TPP agreement has already generated a domino effect among the Asian and Pacific Rim countries to consider joining the TPP pact. The TPP agreement provides a novel basis of domestic reforms and presents a path to a new tier of economic development, particularly to a fully developed high-income stage, for the East Asian economy.Bio: Fukunari Kimura has been Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan since 2000 and Chief Economist, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia since 2008. Professor Kimura received his Bachelor of Law from the Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo in 1982, M.S. and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison respectively in 1990 and 1991. He was Researcher at the International Development Center of Japan (1982-1986), Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, State University of New York at Albany (1991-1994), and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Keio University (1994-2000). Professor Kimura was also the President, Japan Society of International Economics (2010-2012) and the Representative Director, Tokyo Center for Economic Research (2012-2014). His recent publications include books and articles on international production networks and economic integration in East Asia.This event is sponsored in part by a U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant for The Ohio State University East Asian Studies Center and is free and open to the public. Room 190 Knowlton Hall, 275 West Woodruff Avenue OSU ASC Drupal 8 ascwebservices@osu.edu America/New_York public

Add to Calendar 2016-02-08 16:30:00 2016-02-08 18:00:00 IJS Lecture: Fukunari Kimura, "The Impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Trade Agreement on Japan and East Asia" Institute for Japanese Studies Lecture Series"The Impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Trade Agreement on Japan and East Asia"Fukunari Kimura Professor and DeanGraduate School of EconomicsKeio UniversityTokyo, JapanFlyer: Fukunari Kimura Flyer.pdf Abstract: The agreement of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in October 2015 among the twelve Pacific Rim nations has generated political and economic repercussions in Japan and East Asia. Direct effects from the TPP commitments on the Japanese economy may not be large, but indirect effects on its political economy over agriculture will be substantial. The most significant benefits for Japan will come from the expansion of Japanese firms’ production/distribution networks due to improved business conditions that the TPP is expected to bring about in the developing economies of East Asia. In this regard it is noteworthy that the TPP agreement has already generated a domino effect among the Asian and Pacific Rim countries to consider joining the TPP pact. The TPP agreement provides a novel basis of domestic reforms and presents a path to a new tier of economic development, particularly to a fully developed high-income stage, for the East Asian economy.Bio: Fukunari Kimura has been Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan since 2000 and Chief Economist, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia since 2008. Professor Kimura received his Bachelor of Law from the Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo in 1982, M.S. and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison respectively in 1990 and 1991. He was Researcher at the International Development Center of Japan (1982-1986), Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, State University of New York at Albany (1991-1994), and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Keio University (1994-2000). Professor Kimura was also the President, Japan Society of International Economics (2010-2012) and the Representative Director, Tokyo Center for Economic Research (2012-2014). His recent publications include books and articles on international production networks and economic integration in East Asia.This event is sponsored in part by a U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant for The Ohio State University East Asian Studies Center and is free and open to the public. Room 190 Knowlton Hall, 275 West Woodruff Avenue East Asian Studies Center easc@osu.edu America/New_York public

Institute for Japanese Studies Lecture Series

"The Impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Trade Agreement on Japan and East Asia"

Fukunari Kimura
Professor and Dean
Graduate School of Economics
Keio University
Tokyo, Japan

Flyer: PDF icon Fukunari Kimura Flyer.pdf

Abstract: The agreement of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in October 2015 among the twelve Pacific Rim nations has generated political and economic repercussions in Japan and East Asia. Direct effects from the TPP commitments on the Japanese economy may not be large, but indirect effects on its political economy over agriculture will be substantial. The most significant benefits for Japan will come from the expansion of Japanese firms’ production/distribution networks due to improved business conditions that the TPP is expected to bring about in the developing economies of East Asia. In this regard it is noteworthy that the TPP agreement has already generated a domino effect among the Asian and Pacific Rim countries to consider joining the TPP pact. The TPP agreement provides a novel basis of domestic reforms and presents a path to a new tier of economic development, particularly to a fully developed high-income stage, for the East Asian economy.

Bio: Fukunari Kimura has been Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan since 2000 and Chief Economist, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia since 2008. Professor Kimura received his Bachelor of Law from the Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo in 1982, M.S. and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison respectively in 1990 and 1991. He was Researcher at the International Development Center of Japan (1982-1986), Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, State University of New York at Albany (1991-1994), and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Keio University (1994-2000). Professor Kimura was also the President, Japan Society of International Economics (2010-2012) and the Representative Director, Tokyo Center for Economic Research (2012-2014). His recent publications include books and articles on international production networks and economic integration in East Asia.

This event is sponsored in part by a U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant for The Ohio State University East Asian Studies Center and is free and open to the public.