The EU-Japan EPA in action:
First experiences and further steps
Thursday,
November 19, 2020
09.00 – 11:00 CET (Central European Time)
17.00 – 19.00 JST (Japan Standard Time)
GREETINGS
Markus TAUBE
Director, Institute of East-Asian Studies IN-EAST, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany
IWAMA Kiminori
Consul General of Japan in Düsseldorf, Germany
INPUT STATEMENTS
The significance of the EU-Japan EPA from a European perspective
Rolf LANGHAMMER, Kiel Insitute for World Economy, Kiel, Germany
The significance of the EU-Japan EPA from an East Asian perspective
URATA Shujiro, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
Insights from the preceding research workshop
Werner PASCHA, Institute of East Asian Studies IN-EAST, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany
PANEL DISCUSSION
with Q&A
Nicole BASTIAN
Head of Department Foreign Affairs, Handesblatt, Düsseldorf, Germany
Marco CHIRULLO
Deputy Head, Far East Unit (B1), DG Trade, European Commission
NAKANISHI Yumiko
Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan
SHIMOKAWA Makita
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Japan to Belgium and to NATO, Ambassador in charge of External Communications in Europe, Brussels, Belgium
Henning SIMON
Director of the Division for the Korean Peninsula, Japan, Mongolia and Oceania, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, Germany
Friedolin STRACK
Head of International Markets, BDI (The Federation of German Industries), Berlin, Germany