Japan and TPP

JAPAN AND THE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP

December 2, 20012

8:45am-12:30pm

Washington, DC

Sponsors

Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA

Brookings Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies


8:45 AM -- Introduction
Richard C. Bush III
Director, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies
 

Junko Chano
President
Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA

9:00 AM -- Panel 1: TPP: Views from Tokyo and Washington
 

Moderator: 

Timothy Keeler
Partner
Mayer Brown LLP
 

Wendy Cutler
Assistant U.S. Trade Representative
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
 

William C. "Bill" Lane
Director, Washington Office
Caterpillar Inc.
 

Michitaka Nakatomi
Principal Trade Negotiator
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

10:00 AM -- Panel 2: Japan, TPP, and the Global Trade Regime
 

Moderator: Edward Lincoln, APP Board Member 

Former Director, Center for Japan Business and Economic Studies, Stern School of Business
New York University
 

Mike Moore 

Ambassador of New Zealand to the United States
 

Tami Overby
Vice President for Asia
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
 

Clayton Yeutter
Senior Advisor, Hogan Lovells
Former U.S. Trade Representative and former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture

11:15 am -- Panel 3: Japan’s Perspectives on TPP
 

Moderator: Daniel Bob
Senior Fellow and Director of U.S.-Japan Programs
Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA
 

Kiyoaki Aburaki
U.S. Representative, Keidanren
Visiting Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies
 

Richard Katz
Editor-in-Chief, The Oriental Economist
Special Correspondent, Weekly Toyo Keizai
 

Heizo Takenaka
Director, Global Security Research Institute, Keio University and Senior Research Fellow, Japan Center for Economic Research
Former Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
 

Takashi Terada 

Professor of International Relations
Waseda University