On November 29, 2018, Asia Pacific Initiative held a launch event for their report, The Article II Mandate: Forging a Stronger Economic Alliance between the United States and Japan, which was jointly written with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a Washington-based think tank. Over 70 policymakers, business executives, military personnel and diplomats attended the event at the International House of Japan.<\/p>\n
Matthew Goodman, CSIS Simon Chair in Political Economy, delivered the key findings and policy recommendations. Following his presentation, Takashi Terada, Professor at Doshisha University, moderated a panel discussion on geo-economics and trade policy that featured Governor Tadashi Maeda from Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Professor Yukiko Fukagawa from Waseda University and Yuichi Hosoya from Keio University.<\/p>\n
API will turn the reports into short briefings in Japanese and further work on the outreach of the report, emphasizing the importance of a geo-economic strategy given the current regional and global environment.<\/p>\n
The report was featured in an article by Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) on November 28.<\/p>\n
* Please click here<\/a> to read the report (pdf)<\/p>\n * Nikkei’s article (Japanese) is here<\/a><\/p>\n