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January/February 2025 Issue

January/February 2025 Issue

Policy Recommendations for a Rules-Based International Trading System (#259)

Publisher's Note
Where Is Free Trade Going?
By Masakazu Toyoda
Exclusive Interview -Leaders in Japan No. 6
Faculty of Economics at Princeton University
Prof. Nobuhiro Kiyotaki
Modern Economics Provides Solutions for Macroeconomic Stability
By Keiichiro Kobayashi
Cover Lead
Policy Recommendations for a Rules-Based International Trading System
By Naoyuki Haraoka
Cover Story 1
Roundtable on Trump 2.0 – How Can We Tackle Trade Policy Issues? (Nov. 25, 2024)
By Japan SPOTLIGHT
Cover Story 2
Would the United States Join the MPIA?
By Simon Lester
Cover Story 3
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: Issues & Challenges
By Jayasiri Jayasena
Cover Story 4
The CPTPP: Past, Present & Future
By Jeffrey J. Schott
Cover Story 5
Economic Security, the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework & a New American Consensus on Trade
By Inu Manak
Cover Story 6
Helping Those Left Behind by Trade
By Edward Alden
Cover Story 7
Economic Impact of the Expansion of the CPTPP
By Kenichi Kawasaki
Special Interview
Interview with Daisuke Karakama, Chief Market Economist, Mizuho Bank (Nov. 11, 2024)
Is Japan’s Current Account Surplus Sustainable?
By Japan SPOTLIGHT
Culture
Coffee Cultures of Japan & India
By Rajesh Williams
Prospect on East Asia's Peace & Prosperity
On the Changing International Political & Economic Order (Part II)
By Guo Sizhi
Economic Indictors for Japan
Thinking About the “1.03 Million Yen Barrier” Issue
By Nobuo Iizuka
Contents (#259)
Policy Recommendations for a Rules-Based International Trading System
Back Cover (#259)
Policy Recommendations for a Rules-Based International Trading System

【Next Issue】 We will be highlighting the theme “Full Utilization of the Potential of the Service Sector in Japan: a Key to Revitalizing the Japanese Economy” in the March/April 2025 issue. Tourism, software, entertainment, and medical services in Japan have great potential for growth. They will help the Japanese economy avoid the risk of further decline and contribute to global well-being. Our next issue will be published on our website on March 10, 2025.

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