An Overview of Economic Security (3): From an academic perspective (U.S. version)

The international economic order surrounding Japan has been shaken by the forming of the U.S.-China confrontation, Russia's aggression against Ukraine, the dysfunction of the WTO, and the weaponization of economies.
In this RIETI session series, Hirohide Hirai, special adviser and former Vice Minister for International Affairs in METI, who has been in charge of steering Japan's foreign economic policy, will discuss economic security with experts from universities and other institutions engaged in cutting-edge research in Japan and abroad, corporate executives who are dealing with the business scene, and government officials (including former employees) who are familiar with the relevant fields.
Following the first session with Kazuto Suzuki, the second with Nobukatsu Kanehara, and the third with Mitsunobu Koshiba, we invited Matthew Goodman, Distinguished Fellow for Global Economic Policy and Director of the Greenberg Center for Global Economic Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, USA. Based on his experience working at government agencies such as the White House and the National Security Council, as well as at US think tanks, he gave us an overview of the main economic and security policies of the Biden administration of the United States and his evaluation of those policies.
After the presentation, Hirohide Hirai, who has led numerous international negotiations and has been at the forefront of driving Japan's economic security policy, discussed with Mr. Goodman the differences between US and Japanese economic security, and what efforts are needed to build a stronger economic security system between the two countries in the future. Finally, we heard what role METI is expected to play in this process.