KOBAYASHI Kenichi

The below information is as of June 30, 2012. It may differ from the current information.

KOBAYASHI Kenichi

KOBAYASHI Kenichi

Consulting Fellow (until June 30, 2012)

Mitsubishi UFJ Research & Consulting Co., Ltd. International Business Division

Activities at RIETI

Research Projects

  • Dispute Settlements under the World Trade Organization

Education

2001 LL.M., Georgetown University Law Center, Washington DC
1998 M.A., Law, Waseda University, Tokyo
1995 B.A., Law, Waseda University, Tokyo

Experience

2010, Mitsubishi UFJ Research & Consulting Co., Ltd. International Business Division
2006-2010, Deputy Director, Multilateral Trade System Department, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Tokyo
2002-2005, Researcher, UFJ Institute Ltd., Tokyo
2000, Fellow, Institute of International Economic Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington DC
2000, Internship in Intellectual Property Division, the World Trade Organization, Geneva
2000, Internship in Division of Competition Law and Policy and Consumer Protection, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva
1999, Internship in Directorate G - Multilateral Commercial Policies and WTO and OECD questions, Directorate General for Trade, the European Commission, Brussels
1998-2001, Fellow in the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management, Kanagawa

Selected Publications and Papers

WTO Nyumon, Tokyo: Nippon Hyoronsha, 2004. (co-author)

"Analysis of Japanese Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures," Boueki to Kanzei, Feb. 2004.

"Two-level game analysis of the WTO Agricultural Negotiation," Boueki to Kanzei, Sep. 2003.

"A Consideration of WTO Antitrust Rules," LL.M. graduate paper, 2001.

"The Change of Modern Nation-State Concept," M.A. dissertation, 1998.