Announcement
Economic security and global production continue to be vital topics for the world economy and every government’s foreign economic policy. RIETI and USC are bringing together these wonderful experts to discuss the associated issues.
Information
- Time and Date: 09:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (PST), November 22, 2024
- Venue: Social Sciences Building B40, USC campus (Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA, USA) + Online (Livestreamed)
- Hosts: Center for International Studies (CIS), University of Southern California (USC), Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
Program
9:00-9:15 | Opening remarks
Shigetoshi IKEYAMA (Vice Chairman, RIETI)
Kenko SONE (Consul General of Japan in Los Angeles)
Saori KATADA (Professor of International Relations/ Director of the Center for International Studies, USC)
9:15-10:45 | Panel session: “Business Interests and Economic Security”
Presentation1: “How can we construct secured, resilient, and innovative global supply chains?”
Yasuyuki TODO (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University)
Presentation 2: “Japan’s Business Transformation and Economic Security”
Ulrike SCHAEDE (Professor of Japanese Business, University of California, San Diego)
Presentation 3: “Japanese Defense Burden Sharing and the Economy”
Robert DECLE (Professor of Economics, USC)
Panel Discussion
Moderator
Saori KATADA
10:45-11:00 | Coffee break
11:00-12:30 | Roundtable: Economic Resilience and US-Japan Cooperation
Discussants
Rafiq DOSSANI (Director, RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy, RAND)
Etel SOLINGEN (Distinguished Professor, University of California, Irvine)
Kenko SONE
Shujiro URATA (Chairman Emeritus/Distinguished Senior Fellow, RIETI)
Moderator
Saori KATADA
