RIETI T20-G20 Symposium

Free Trade and Data Free Flow with Trust (DFFT): Challenges and Strategies for Japan

Information

  • Time and Date: 13:30 - 16:30, Friday, July 5, 2019
  • Venue: Nadao Hall, Japan National Council of Social Welfare (Zenshakyo) (Tokyo Shin-Kasumigaseki Bldg 1F, 3-3-2)
  • Language: Japanese
  • Admission: Free
  • Host: Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)

Program

13:30-13:40 Opening Remarks

NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI)

13:40-14:10 Presentation 1: "The G20 Ministerial Meeting on Trade and Digital Economy and G20 Osaka Summit"

MATSUO Takehiko (Director-General for Trade Policy, METI)

14:10-14:40 Presentation 2: "Creating a Policy Structure to Support the Free Flow of Data: Policy Recommendation from T20"

KIMURA Fukunari (Lead Co-chair, Task Force of "Trade, Investment and Globalization" T20 Japan / Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University)

14:40-14:50 Break

14:50-16:30 Panel Discussion "Japan's Possible Strategies for Surviving the Era of Digital Economy & Trade Tensions"

Moderator:

SEKIGUCHI Hiroyuki (Senior Commentator, NHK)

Panelists (alphabetical order):

KIMURA Fukunari (Lead Co-chair, Task Force of "Trade, Investment and Globalization" T20 Japan / Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University)

ONODERA Osamu (Deputy Director-General for Trade Policy, Trade Policy Bureau, METI)

SUZUKI Hideo (Managing Executive Officer, Nippon Steel Corporation)

YOKOZAWA Makoto (Senior Consultant, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. / Visiting Professor, the Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University)

*Agenda is subject to change

"This symposium is a T20 Japan 2019 associated event."