Synopsis
This book is the product of collaboration between academic and non-academic experts; a group of scholars - mostly Japanese but including some foreign scholars - specialized in law, politics, and economics have been joined by practitioners who have been engaged in negotiations and other work at or for the WTO to discuss the nature and structure of the WTO in due consideration of various circumstances surrounding the WTO. Prior to the completion of this book, relevant seminars and international symposiums were held in several occasions. Such a comprehensive set of works of researchers of Japan, a country that takes proud in its unparalleled strong commitment to the WTO, has been rarely published in English before. It is hoped that analysis and considerations on the meaning and significance of the WTO provided in this book will make some contribution to international study on the WTO and trade policies.
About the Author
Akira Kotera is Professor of International Law and International Economic Law at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and Faculty Fellow at the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI). Immediately after graduating from Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo, he commenced academic career at the University of Tokyo as an assistant (1976-1980), and held professorship at Tokyo Metropolitan University (1980-1989). As one of the leading Japanese scholars of public international law, international economic law and international investment law, Prof. Kotera has actively engaged in professional activities, inter alia, as a council member of the International Law Association Japan Branch, Member of the Permanent Expert Group of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures in the World Trade Organization (1996-1999). He is the author of numerous publications in public international law, international investment law and international trade law, among others: Legal Structure of WTO System (2000) [in Japanese]; Are Multilateral Investment Rules Necessary and Possible?: On Trade and Investment in the WTO s Multilateral Trade Negotiations Trilateral Perspectives on International Legal Issues: Conflict and Coherence, edited by C. Carmody, Y. Iwasawa, S. Rhjodes (2003); Basic Structure of International Law (2004) [in Japanese]. Ichiro Araki is Professor of International Trade Law at Yokohama National University. After graduating from Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo, he obtained Master of Laws from University of California (Boalt Hall) School of Law, Berkeley and Master of Policy Science from Saitama University Graduate School. Professor Araki joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) in 1983. During most of his career at MITI (later METI), he was involved in multilateral economic affairs, including development assistance, intellectual property, environmental protection and multilateral trade negotiations. From 1995 to 1998, he served as legal affairs officer at the Legal Affairs Division of the WTO. Upon his return to Japan, he was involved in the negotiations on China s accession to the WTO as MITI s Director for Trade Policies Review. In that capacity, he served as chairman of the plurilateral negotiating group on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) in China s accession working party from 2000 to 2001, assisting Ambassador Pierre-Louis Girard, the working party chairman. He was director of research at the RIETI (2001-2003). He is a member of Japanese Society of International Law, Japan Association of International Economic Law, International Law Association (Japan Branch), Asian Society of International Law, American Society of International Law, European Society of International Law and Royal Institute of International Affairs. He authored: Global Governance, Japan and the WTO in Glenn D. Hook and Hugo Dobson, eds. Global Governance and Japan: The Institutional Architecture (Routledge, 2007); The Evolution of Japan s Aggressive Legalism The World Economy, Volume 29 Issue 6 (June 2006). Tsuyoshi Kawase is Professor of International Trade Law and Policy at Sophia University, Tokyo, and Faculty Fellow at RIETI. After graduating from the Faculty of Law, Keio University, he obtained Master of Laws from Keio University, and LL.M from Georgetown University Law Center (GULC). After starting his academic career as Assistant Professor at Kobe University of Commerce in 1994, he became a full-time fellow at RIETI (2003-2004), then held professorship at Osaka University (2004-2007). While holding the position at Kobe University of Commerce he has been visiting scholar of GULC and fellow of Institute of International Economic Law at GULC (1999-2001). Beside his academic career he also served in the Trade Policy Bureau, MET
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