著者
作山 巧
出版者
日本農業経済学会
雑誌
農業経済研究 (ISSN:03873234)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.92, no.4, pp.317-322, 2021-03-25 (Released:2021-06-25)
参考文献数
25

This paper finds that, in the Japan-US Trade Agreement (JUSTA), the true tariff elimination ratio for the US is 5 percent and that for Japan-US combined is 34 percent, which falls short of the 90 percent threshold set by the Japanese government for its FTA to be consistent with the WTO Agreements, and proves that the JUSTA violates the WTO Agreements. This conclusion is reinforced by the fact that, even if tariffs on automobiles/auto parts and duty-free items are assumed to be eliminated as the Japanese Government professes, the tariff elimination ratio for the US still falls below 90 percent.
著者
作山 巧
出版者
日本農業経済学会
雑誌
農業経済研究 (ISSN:03873234)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.88, no.2, pp.206-211, 2016

<p>This paper aims to verify whether Japan's commitments in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement are consistent with the Liberal Democratic Party's manifesto and the Diet resolutions. The former is defined as a request to exempt any agricultural product from tariff elimination, while the latter to exempt all five sensitive agricultural products from any commitment. The paper concludes from an analysis of Japan's tariff schedule that, whereas the manifesto is observed, the resolutions are not observed since the share of the five agricultural products exempted from any commitment is 26 and zero percent, respectively, based on a narrow and broad tariff classification.</p>
著者
作山 巧
出版者
日本農業経済学会
雑誌
農業経済研究 (ISSN:03873234)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.88, no.2, pp.206-211, 2016-09-25 (Released:2018-07-18)
参考文献数
27

This paper aims to verify whether Japan's commitments in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement are consistent with the Liberal Democratic Party's manifesto and the Diet resolutions. The former is defined as a request to exempt any agricultural product from tariff elimination, while the latter to exempt all five sensitive agricultural products from any commitment. The paper concludes from an analysis of Japan's tariff schedule that, whereas the manifesto is observed, the resolutions are not observed since the share of the five agricultural products exempted from any commitment is 26 and zero percent, respectively, based on a narrow and broad tariff classification.