This paper provides a quantitative analysis of the new EU-Japan free trade agreement (FTA), the biggest bilateral deal … that both the EU and Japan have concluded so far. It employs a generalized variant of the Eaton-Kortum (2002) model … reductions in the costs of NTBs. This approach yields long-run welfare effects for Japan of about 18 bn. USD per year (0.31% of …

On 9 december 2016, the upper house of Japan's parliament approved the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Prime Minister … would send a signal about Japan's continuing support to back global trade deals. With the Transatlantic Trade and Investment … Partnership (TTIP), which the EU have been negotiating with the USA, equally in the 'freezer' (Commissioner Malmström), the …

The negotiations between Japan and the EU over a free trade agreement are taking place during times in which global … between two leading economic powers such as Japan and the EU would be a strong political message: economic integration between … case for an EU-Japan free trade agreement, and provides estimates of its potential economic impact. It employs advanced …

are economically damaging to America. This study simulates potential protectionist trade policies on the part of the USA … meaningfulness. The study illustrates that the USA does actually face economic imbalances, and especially high trade deficits, which …, such a policy would only exacerbate problems in the long term. The study ends with a policy recommendation for the USA and …