ISDS Case Map
Japan
Japan’s support for the belt and road is contingent on shaping China into a responsible global player.
A Japanese official speaking in Washington discussed conditions for Japan's participation in China's BRI project, while also suggesting China seek a partner role in the emerging 'Indo-Pacific Strategy'.
Argentina and Japan are moving ahead with a bilateral investment treaty.
Japan’s chief negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Kazuyoshi Umemoto, told Reuters that an agreement among the remaining 11 member nations, set to be signed next month, may have had an impact on the United States.
Thailand has entered into negotiations for a number of free trade agreements (FTA). Its first FTA was the Asean Free Trade Area, signed in 1992. The country has six FTAs with India, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Peru and Chile.
Four countries — the US, Japan, India and Australia — could join forces to set up an alternative to China's Belt and Road Initiative in an attempt to counter Beijing's growing influence, the Australian Financial Review reported Sunday.
Bilateral ties between Tokyo and Oslo are set to converge, with multiple areas for cooperation.
Auto workers and manufacturers are rejecting assertions by Canada’s trade minister that the country won major access for them into the highly protected Japanese market in the recently rebooted Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Japan’s role in RCEP negotiations appears to have been shaped by its participation in the TPP. Japan is now championing for expanded intellectual property right provisions which may block access to affordable medicines
China’s economic success lays bare an uncomfortable historical truth: No one who preaches ‘free trade’ really practices it.
