April 23, 2004

THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANGERALD R. FORD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICYJAPAN ECONOMY PROGRAM
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
ANDHITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITYINSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCHIn Collaboration withJapan Foundation, Center for Global PartnershipCenter for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan
Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Cabinet Office, JapanA 21st Century COE Program, Research Unit for Statistical Analysis in
Social Sciences, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University

International Economic Relations and Structural Change:
Issues and Policy Options for Japan and the United States
Friday and Saturday, May 14-15, 2004
Center for Global Partnership Conference Facility
ARK Mori Building, 20th Floor
1-12-32 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-601(Telephone: 03-5562-3542; Fax: 03-5562-3504)
Conference Agenda
Friday, May 14, 2004
8:30-9:00 A.M.

Registration and Welcoming

9:00-10:00 A.M.

Robert E. Baldwin, University of Wisconsin, “Failure of the WTO
Ministerial Conference at Cancun: Reasons and Remedies”
Discussant: Ippei Yamazawa, International University of Japan

10:00-11:00 A.M.

Masayoshi Honma, University of Tokyo, “WTO Negotiations and Other
Agricultural Trade Issues in Japan”
Discussant: Yujiro Hayami, National Graduate Institute for Policy
Studies/Foundation for Advanced Studies in International Development

11:00-11:15 A.M.

Coffee Break11:15-12:15 P.M.

Ichiro Araki, Yokohama National University, and Tsuyoshi Kawase,RIETI, “The Evolution of Japan’s Aggressive Legalism”
Discussant:Deukgeun Ahn, KDI School of Public Policy andManagement, Seoul

12:15-1:30 P.M.

Lunch

1:30-2:30 P.M.

Alan V. Deardorff, University of Michigan, “How Might Japan’sLocation Affect Its Pattern of Trade?”
Discussant: Shujiro Urata, Waseda University

2:30-3:30 P.M.

Theresa Greaney, University of Hawaii, “Measuring Network Effects on
Trade: Are Japanese Affiliates Distinctive?”
Discussant: K.C. Fung, University of California, Santa Cruz

3:30-3:45 P.M.

Coffee Break

3:45-5:00P.M.

Keith Head and John Ries, University of British Columbia, “Judging
Japan’s FDI: The Verdict from a Dartboard Model”
Discussant: Fukunari Kimura, Keio University

7:00-9:00 P.M.

Dinner (Bon Sen, Wako-Building B1, Roppongi 4-8-5,Minato-ku, Tokyo,Tel. 5411-3445)

Saturday, May 15, 2004
8:30-9:00 A.M.

Coffee9:00-10:15 A.M.

Keith Maskus, University of Colorado, “Intellectual Property Rights inAgriculture and the Interests of Asian-Pacific Economies”
Sadao Nagaoka, Hitotsubashi University, “Pro-patent Policy in Japan andInternational Technology Trade”
Discussant: Hiroyuki Odagiri, Hitotsubashi University

10:15-11:30 A.M.

Thomas Prusa, Rutgers University, “The Globalization of AntiDumping”
Arata Kuno, UFJ Institute Ltd., “An Evaluation of Japan’s Recent
Safeguards Actions”
Discussant: Mitsuo Matsushita, Seikei University, Law School

11:30-11:45 A.M.

Coffee Break11:45-12:45 P.M

Drusilla K. Brown, Tufts University, Kozo Kiyota, Yokohama National
University and University of Michigan, and Robert M. Stern, Universityof Michigan, “The Menu of U.S.-Japan Trade Policies: Spaghetti Bowl
or Free Lunch?”
Discussant: Masahiko Tsutsumi, Financial Services Agency

12:45-2:00 P.M.

Lunch

2:00-3:00P.M.

Eiichi Tomiura, Kobe University, “Foreign Outsourcing and Firm-level
Characteristics: Evidence from Japanese Manufacturers”
Discussant: Robert Lipsey, City University of New York and NBER

3:00-4:00 P.M.

Kyoji Fukao, Hitotsubashi University, Keiko Ito, Senshu University, andHyeog Ug Kwon, Hitotsubashi University, “Characteristics and Effectsof Japan’s Inward FDI”
Discussant: Motoshige Itoh, University of Tokyo

4:00-4:15 P.M.

Coffee Break4:15-5:00 P.M.

Concluding Discussion

7:00-9:00 P.M.

Dinner (Akasaka, “Umaya,” Akasaka 4-2-32, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Tel.
6339-1661)