Japan and the European Union: from political ties to the birth of a political relationship

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Japan and the European Union: from political ties to the birth of a political relationship

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In 1989, President of the European Commission, Jacques Delors, complained, when visiting Prime Minister Kaifu Toshiki, about the lack of political visibility in their relationship. Traditionally, EU-Japan relationship has always been based on economic grounds, mainly trade and investment, which really took off in the late 80s, and early 90s. They have always experienced hostility because of the trade imbalances that benefited Japan, and the protectionist reflexes of both sides. On the contrary, as Jacques Delors pointed out, the EU-Japan relationship suffered more of a lack of ties than anything else.

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Strong economics ties have developed over the past fifteen years, becoming more and more institutionalised
1. From the late eighties to nowadays - a brief overview of the EU-Japan economic relationship
2. From ties to agreements, what have been the different steps in the institutionalisation of their economic relationship, as well as the driving actors leading this rapprochement?
3. Cooperation and agreements in some particular sectors of the economy
The birth and childhood of their political relationship
1. A lack of political strategy between the EU and Japan
2. However, as soft players , they are committed to the same values and both promote quiet diplomacy
3. Other non-economic cooperation

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[...] Hook, Japan's International Relations,: politics, economics and security, 2nd edition, Routledge, London p W.R Nester, The European Power and The Japanese Challenge, NY University Press, NY p.224 By settling ‘screwdriver plants', which physical capital was imported from Japan, the only national resource therefore used was the European workforce. In 1989, the Commission imposed a directive that imposes any foreign society to use as much as 50% of European Capital as a prerequisite to its establishment. J. Hook, Japan's International Relations,: politics, economics and security, 2nd edition, Routledge, London p Japan and Europe: rebalancing a relationship, Asian Survey, J. Gilson, Japan and the European Union, A partnership for the 21st century, Mac Millan Press LTD, London p.40 The Japan Handbook, Regional Handbooks of Economic Development, edited by P. [...]

[...] Gilson, Japan and the European Union, A partnership for the 21st century, Mac Millan PressLTD,London p.107 in Paris in 1995, in Madrid in 2003 and in London in 2005 www.europa.eu.int/comm/external_relations/japan/summit_12_01/actionpla.pdf (EU website, 12/03/2006, 15:20) For instance through the twinning between Japanese and EU schools http://jnp.cec.int/home/showpage_en_related.embassy.aichi.passport.php (EU delegation in Japan website, 19/03/2006, 15:20) The collection of more than ten stamps allowed them to take part into a ballot for a flight to Brussels It is an international project involving The People's Republic of China, the European Union and Switzerland (represented by Euratom), India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, and the United States of America. It is to be built in 2006 in Caroche, France. http://www.iter.org/index.htm (23/03/2006; 21:51) The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a particle accelerator http://www.jaeri.go.jp/english/ (23/03/2006, 10:45) J. Gilson, Japan and the European Union, A partnership for the 21st century, Mac Millan Press LTD, London, 2000,p.105 http://www.unido.org/doc/19148 (UNIDO website, 16/03/2006, 14:20) J. [...]

[...] First, Japan and the EU are respectively the second and third economics areas in terms of GDP and trade. Moreover, even though they have a lot in common, these countries don't interact a lot: economies in stagnation, ageing population, need to restructure the welfare system, commitment to global organisations and to peace values and a constant underlying attempt to overcome the US economic power. We will focus on two mains perspective: the evolution in their economic relationship and the development of their political relationship. [...]

[...] Ever since 2003, the accent is put on the improvement of investment and business environment[28]. * 1994: the Trade Assessment Mechanism (TAM) has been implemented so as to make trade more symmetrical Reciprocity is one of the main EU guiding principles. It consists in balancing mutual advantage, and the guarantee of similar, non discriminatory opportunities so as for foreign markets to operate on the same basis.[29] The TAM[30] is a forum of analysis for trade issues that has been put into practise on a non confrontational basis. [...]

[...] It includes economic and non-economic concerns and the exchange of information has started ever since 1977 on topics such as global warming. Moreover their cooperation outstood in the UN conference on Environment and Development at the 1992 Rio Summit, and helped to reach agreements such as the ones on climate change, biodiversity, waste and desertification[71]. Japan and the EU are building up political links thanks to their previous economic ties. In this regard, the 1991 Hague Declaration can be considered as a turning point, as it allows the EU-Japan relationship to be moving from ‘low' to ‘high' politic matters. [...]

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