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 …

in bilateral trade relations between the U.S. and Japan. Our numerical results indicate that, if a trade war between the … problem of liberalization. Specifically, we find that Japan gains more from U.S. unilateral liberalization than from bilateral … retaliation, however, it can bargain with Japan to implement bilateral cooperation. In other words, the strategic environment is …

, although it failed to grow as quickly as trade between Australia and Japan. The Japanese were reluctant to import many animal … New Zealand and Japan, despite the alarm of British manufacturers. New Zealand's trade with Japan grew after 1958 … products. This article explains the process by which Japan and New Zealand arrived at a compromise, which enabled trade to …

Trade Agreements (FTAs) currently raging in China and Japan. After mapping the regional links that knit East Asia together … during the 1990s and 2000s, the focus then shifts to the specific trade agreements that China and Japan have signed. Both … countries exhibit a particular FTA “style;” Japan has adopted a more orthodox and comprehensive approach to its treaties, while …

Department) brought about a 1986 trade agreement in which the United States forced Japan to end the 'dumping' of semiconductors … 'affirmative action' for the industry in its efforts to sell more in Japan, but has been criticized as constituting 'export …