- 著者
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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.