Japan's New Foreign Economic Policy: A Shift Toward a Strategic and Activist Model?
Japan's New Foreign Economic Policy: A Shift Toward a Strategic and Activist Model?
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日本新的对外经济政策：向战略性和激进主义模式的转变？
DOI：
10.1111/j.1748-3131.2007.00071.x
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发表时间：
2007
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S. Urata
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作者：
Mireya Solís;S. Urata
本文分析了日本对外经济政策的主要变化，即发展广泛的自由贸易协定网络，放弃单纯以多边体系作为贸易自由化的载体;削减官方发展援助（ODA）预算，强调援助中的国家利益，逐步取消对华日元贷款等。我们认为，在贸易和ODA两方面的政策积极性的显著程度表明，日本政府试图从战略上应对共同的挑战：国内的经济衰退，国际上的政策趋同的压力和与中国的竞争。然而，在这两个问题领域，政府迅速改变政策的能力受到了国内政治的影响：既得利益者的反对和政策制定的政治化、官僚主义的地方主义和薄弱的行政领导。最后，我们提出了一些政策建议，以提高日本对外经济政策制定的一致性。
This article analyzes key departures in Japanese foreign economic policy: the development of an extensive network of free trade agreements thereby abandoning the exclusive focus on the multilateral system as the vehicle for trade liberalization, and the revamping of the official development assistance (ODA) program by slashing its budget, emphasizing national interests in aid giving, and phasing out yen loans to China. We argue that the remarkable degree of policy activism in both trade and ODA represents the Japanese government's attempt to respond strategically to common challenges: domestically the economic recession, internationally the pressure for policy convergence and competition with China. However, in both issue areas the ability of the government to embark on swift policy changes has been compromised by domestic politics: opposition from vested interests and politicization of policy-making, bureaucratic sectionalism, and weak executive leadership. We conclude with some policy recommendations to improve the coherence of foreign economic policy formulation in Japan.