Understanding the EU-Japan EPA and the Partnership on Sustainable Connectivity and Quality INFRASTRUCTURE
Tuesday,
November 10, 2020
09.00 – 11:30 CET (Central European Time)
17:00 – 19:30 JST (Japan Standard Time)
INTRODUCTION and MODERATION
Werner PASCHA
Institute of East Asian Studies IN-EAST, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany
PART 1
Issues of interpreting the EU-Japan EPA
The EU-Japan Strategic Partnership Agreement in a longer-term perspective: Issues of path dependence and plasticity
Julie GILSON, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Estimating the economic impact of the EU-Japan EPA
Jens WRONA, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany
Q & A
moderated by Werner PASCHA
PART 2
EU-Japan: From a trade agreement to a partnership on international connectivity?
Japan’s export of infrastructure systems in the context of its foreign economic policies
YOSHINO Naoyuki, Keio University, Tokyo, and ret. Dean of Asian Development Bank Institute
The EU-Japan Partnership on Sustainable Connectivity and Quality: Towards a privileged strategic relationship?
Maaike OKANO-HEIJMANS, Clingendael Institute (Netherlands Institute of International Relations), The Hague, Netherlands
Q & A
moderated by Werner Pascha