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- Time and Date: 10:00-17:30 (TBC), Thursday, July 16, 2009
- Venue: Nadao Hall, Japan National Council of Social Welfare (Zenshakyo)
Shin-Kasumigaseki Bldg Lobby Floor, 3-3-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo - Language: Japanese / English (with simultaneous interpretation)
Handouts
Chair: HOSHINO Mitsuhide (Director of Research, RIETI)
Opening Address
FUJITA Masahisa (President and Chief Research Officer, RIETI / Professor, Konan University / Adjunct Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University)
( Part 1 )
Presentation 1 "Changes and Challenges for World Trade in a Global Recession − with the focus on White Paper on International Economy and Trade 2009"
Presentation 2 "Production Networks and the Financial Crisis in East Asia"
KUROIWA Ikuo (Director-General, Development Studies Center, Institute of Developing Economies JETRO)
Q&A
Presentation 3 "Protectionism and the WTO after the Global Financial Crisis − Role, Effectiveness, and Challenges of Governance Under Multilateral Trade Agreements"
KAWASE Tsuyoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Law, Sophia University)
Q&A
( Part 2 )
Keynote Speech 1 "Global Disparity and Challenges in the Global Economy"
KOJIMA Akira (Senior Fellow, Japan Center for Economic Research)
Keynote Speech 2"International Economic Shock and the Challenges Facing International Corporations"
WAKASUGI Ryuhei (Research Counselor, RIETI / Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University/ Adjunct Professor, Department of Economics, Keio University)
Panel Discussion: The World Economy in Global Recession and Japan's challenge and approach
Moderator: MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice President, RIETI)
Panelists
OGAWA Tsunehiro (Former Director-General for International Trade Policy, METI)
KAWASE Tsuyoshi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Law, Sophia University)
KUROIWA Ikuo (Director-General, Development Studies Center, Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO)
KOJIMA Akira (Senior Fellow, Japan Center for Economic Research)
SAITO Hiroshi (Corporate Vice President, Toshiba Corporation)
WAKASUGI Ryuhei (Research Counselor, RIETI / Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University/ Adjunct Professor, Department of Economics, Keio University)
Closing Address
OIKAWA Kozo (Chairman, RIETI)