Trade, geopolitics and security: Understanding Japan’s choice of regional free trade agreements

中日战略对抗和海上领土冲突，正日益将地缘政治和安全担忧注入日本贸易政策的制定中。本项目旨在调查这些新出现的影响如何与日本选择涉及澳大利亚的区域自由贸易协定的经济和贸易优先事项相交叉：跨太平洋经济伙伴关系和区域全面经济伙伴关系。本研究将运用从研究中获得的见解，加深我们对日本选择区域自由贸易伙伴时贸易与安全之间关系的理解，以及这一选择对亚太地区更广泛的地缘战略影响。

Sino-Japanese strategic rivalry and conflict over maritime territory are increasingly injecting geopolitical and security concerns into the formulation of Japanese trade policy. This project aims to investigate how these newly emerging influences are intersecting with economic and trade priorities in Japan’s choice of regional free trade agreements involving Australia: the Trans-Pacific Economic Partnership and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. The study will apply the insights gained from the research to deepen our understanding of the nexus between trade and security in Japan’s choice of regional free trade partners and the wider geostrategic implications of this choice for the Asia-Pacific region.