Agriculture, politics and trade: Understanding Japan's reform processes and prospects

日本持续的农产品贸易自由化对澳大利亚未来在亚洲的出口前景至关重要，因为日本是澳大利亚最大的农产品出口市场。通过评估鼓励日本农业贸易政策改革的关键国内因素的性质和力量，这项研究将增进对日本政治经济领域的了解，该领域直接影响澳大利亚的贸易地位和商业政策。这些知识将为澳大利亚目前和未来分别在世界贸易组织和澳大利亚-日本自由贸易协定方面制定多边和双边贸易谈判战略提供智力支持。

Japan's continuing agricultural trade liberalisation is essential to Australia's future export prospects in Asia because Japan is Australia's largest export market for agricultural products. By assessing the nature and strength of key domestic factors encouraging reform of Japan's agricultural trade policy, the research will advance knowledge about an area of Japanese political economy that directly affects Australia's trade position and commercial policy. This knowledge will provide intellectual support to the design of current and future Australian multilateral and bilateral trade bargaining strategies at the World Trade Organization and in relation to the Australia-Japan Free Trade Agreement respectively.