Regional Economic Integration in East Asia and Japan’s FTA Policy March, 2010 Shujiro URATA Waseda University.

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Regional Economic Integration in East Asia and Japan’s FTA Policy March, 2010 Shujiro URATA Waseda University

Contents I. Introduction II. Market-Driven Regional Economic Integration III. A Shift from Market-Driven to Institution-Driven Regional Economic Integration IV. Japan’s FTA Policy V. Concluding Remarks

I. Introduction Background  Rapid economic growth in East Asia despite global financial/economic crisis  Prime drivers of economic growth have been foreign trade and foreign direct investment (FDI): Trade-FDI nexus Purposes of the presentation  Investigate recent developments in regional economic integration in East Asia  Analyze Japan’s FTA policy in East Asia

II. Market-driven Regional Economic Integration  Rapid expansion of foreign trade by East Asian countries, especially by China (Figures 1 and 2)  Advances in regional economic integration (Table 1) : increased dependence on China and decreased dependence on Japan by East Asian countries (Figures 3 and 4), decreased regional dependence in exports and increased regional dependence in imports by China (Figures 5 and 6)  Increased shares of machinery, electronic machinery (Table 2)  Increase in parts and components trade (Table 3)

Table 2 Product Composition of Foreign Trade in East Asia

Table 3 Product Composition of Foreign Trade in East Asia (%)

Trade patterns observed above indicate:  Formation of regional production network  Fragmentation strategy by multinational corporations.  Triangular trade pattern in that China became a factory for the world market Foreign direct investment (FDI)  Rapid expansion (Figure 7)  China became a large recipient of FDI (Figure 8)  Active FDI in electronics sector (Table 4)

Table 4 Sectoral Distribution of FDI Inflows in Malaysia and Thailand (%)

Factors behind Market-driven Regional Economic Integration + Trade liberalization  Substantial reduction in tariffs but high tariffs still remain (Figure 9, Table 5)  Non-tariff barriers are increasing + FDI Liberalization  Freer FDI environment, but still FDI barriers remain. (Table 6)  Need for further FDI liberalization and facilitation

Figure 9 Tariff Rates

Table 5 Trade Liberalization: Reduction in Tariff Rates

Table 6 Impediments to FDI: Survey Results of Japanese Firms: 2008 Number of incidentsShare by incidentscategory FDI liberalization6621% Restrictions on foreign entry3511% Performance requirements93% Restrictions on overseas remittances and controls on foreign currency transactions134% Restrictions on the movement of people and employment requirements93% FDI facilitation25079% Lack of transparency in policies and regulations concerning investment (institutional problems) 6420% Complicated and/or delayed procedures with respect to investment-related regulations (implementation problems) 8828% Insufficient protection of intellectual property rights113% Labor regulations and related practices excessively favorable to workers279% Underdeveloped infrastructure, shortages of human resources, and insufficient investment incentives 5317% Restricted competition and price controls72% %

III. A Shift from Market-Driven to Institution-Driven Regional Economic Integration Recent Development  Rapid expansion of FTAs in the world (Figure 10)  Rapid expansion of FTAs in East Asia in the 21 st century (Table 7)  ASEAN has become a hub of FTAs  3 initiatives have been proposed for region-wide FTA: ASEAN+3, ASEAN+6, and APEC (TPP)  APEC Meetings in 2010 in Japan Special characteristics  Comprehensiveness: trade and FDI liberalization, facilitation, and economic cooperation

Figure 10 Rapidly Increasing FTAs in the World

FTAs in East Asia (March 2010)

Motives behind FTAs in East Asia  Increase market access through trade and FDI  Improve FDI environment  Promote domestic reform  Rivalry between and among East Asian countries  Financial crisis in  Global financial crisis in 2008-

Impacts of FTAs  Trade and FDI expansion between and among FTA members (short run effect)  Economic growth (medium to long run effect)  Reduced production and employment (short run effect) Economic Obstacles to FTAs  Opposition from non-competitive sectors

IV. Japan’s FTA (EPA) Policy Developments  In action: Singapore, Mexico, Malaysia, Chile, Thailand, Indonesia, Brunei, ASEAN, the Philippines, Switzerland, Vietnam  In negotiation: Korea, GCC, India, Australia, Peru  Asia → Other regions

Motives  Expand export market for Japanese firms  Improve investment environment for Japanese firms  Obtain energy and natural resources  Promote structural reform in Japan  Improve and establish good relationship  Provide economic assistance to developing countries  Establish a region-wide FTA (CEPEA, ASEAN+6)

Special characteristics  Trade and FDI liberalization, facilitation, economic cooperation  Improvement of business environment Impacts  Trade and FDI expansion  Improvement of business environment Examples from Japan-Mexico EPA: Protection of IPRs, Adoption of mutual recognition of technical standards, improvement of security, etc

V. Concluding Remarks  East Asia’s rapid economic growth has been attributable to rapid expansion of trade and FDI, which in turn resulted from trade and FDI liberalization  To achieve further economic growth, further trade and FDI liberalization and facilitation would be effective  With difficulty in WTO liberalization, free trade agreements are second-best solution  Region wide FTA should be established: EAFTA (medium level), CEPEA (medium-level), TPP (high-level)  Gradual liberalization should be pursued.  Then expand it or merge with other FTAs to lead to global trade liberalization

 Japan can gain a lot from FTAs not only in East Asia but also with countries in other parts of the world such as the US, the EU, Latin American countries  Japan should lead CEPEA and join TPP  FTAs face opposition from non-competitive sectors  For Japan, trade liberalization in agriculture is an impediment  Various measures including gradual phase-in liberalization, temporary assistance to negatively affected workers, structural reform and other policy measures can moderate the negative impacts during the transition period  Need strong political leadership to promote FTAs