Full Description
This timely book explores the relationship between Japan and the European Union as they work increasingly closely together in many areas of global governance. It discusses the most salient areas of such cooperation from a range of perspectives, while examining not just convergences but also differences.
Written by experts from both Europe and Japan, interdisciplinary chapters investigate both actors' current approaches to global governance and multilateralism as well as providing a historical perspective on their bilateral relations. The book explores their cooperation in areas stretching from trade and finance to security in light of the recent EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement and Strategic Partnership Agreement. Offering insights into their current relationship, it outlines challenges for the future, and draws relevant lessons from the history of global governance in Asia and Europe.
Scholars of Asian and European law with an interest in international governance and regulation, and particularly those working in EU-Japan affairs, will find this a significant and stimulating read. It will also be useful for policy-makers in the EU and Japan working in international security, trade, and economic, monetary and financial policy.
Contents
Contents:
1. Introduction to Japan, the European Union and global governance: setting
the scene 1
Eiji Ogawa, Kolja Raube, Camille Van der Vorst, Dimitri
Vanoverbeke and Jan Wouters
PART I SITUATING EU-JAPAN COOPERATION IN
GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
2. The EU's commitment to multilateralism in times of
contestation: reshaping EU-Japan relations? 20
Kolja Raube, Alex Andrione-Moylan and Jan Wouters
3. Multilateralism and global governance: Japan in the World
Bank, the G7 and G20 summits 44
Ryo Oshiba
PART II THE EU AND JAPAN IN GLOBAL
ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE BETWEEN
COOPERATION AND CONFLICT
4. The dynamics of the EU-Japan relationship and divergent
discourses on economic governance 65
Dimitri Vanoverbeke and Camille Van der Vorst
5. The non-tariff barriers of the EU-Japan EPA 87
Camille Van der Vorst
6. International production networks and required new global
governance: mega-FTAs and the WTO 112
Fukunari Kimura
7. EU-Japan cooperation in international trade governance:
from the QUAD to JEEPA 123
Ines Willemyns and Jan Wouters
8. Regional monetary and financial cooperation for crisis
prevention and management: East Asia vs the EU 162
Eiji Ogawa and Michiru Sakane
PART III EU-JAPAN COOPERATION IN SELECTED
FIELDS OF GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
9. Security governance in regional and global governance -
Japan and the EU 178
Michael Reiterer
10. Multilevel protection of fundamental rights in Europe and
its impact on Asia 201
Yumiko Nakanishi
Index 224
