Japan
Report by the WTO Secretariat
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Trade Policy Review: Japan 2013
Jun 2013
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Since Japan’s previous Trade Policy Review in 2011, there has been little change in its trade and related policies. Nonetheless, the simple average MFN applied tariff rate has increased, due partly to a rise in the average ad valorem equivalents of non-ad valorem duties. Also, Japan has adopted more international standards.
The Rise of the People’s Republic of China and Its Competition Effects on Innovation in Japan
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Trade Adjustment in Asia
Sept 2019
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As a reaction to import competition from low-wage economies, firms in developed economies would respond by upgrading their innovative activities, leading to so-called defensive skill-biased innovation. In this chapter, we examine this “defensive innovation” hypothesis, which was first discussed in Wood (1994) and subsequently formalized in Thoenig and Verdier (2003). In a broader context, the effect of competition on the rate of innovation has been one Read More
Introduction
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Trade Policy Review: Japan 2017
Mar 2018
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The Trade Policy Review Mechanism (TPRM) was first established on a trial basis by the GATT contracting parties in April 1989. The Mechanism became a permanent feature of the World Trade Organization under the Marrakesh Agreement which established the WTO in January 1995.
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