International Symposium

Competitive Regionalism

May 30 (Friday) and 31 (Sat), 2008
At Ibuka International Conference Center, 3F Room #No.3, Waseda University, Tokyo, JapanThe Competitive Regionalism projectassesses the causes and implications of
the explosive growth of free trade
agreements (FTAs). FTAs are rapidly
spreading due to the dual forces ofcompetition and emulation with very
important implications for the nature of
regional integration. FTAs can work foror against the emergence of coherent
regional blocs, and we explore which
conditions favor one outcome over theother.

May 30 (Friday)

May 31 (Saturday)
Session 2: FTA Powers: The UnitedStates, Japan, and China

10:00-10:45am“A Coalition of the Willing? U.S. Bilateralism as a Route to theʻRegionalizationʼ of Hemispheric Trade”
Cintia QUILICONI (University of Southern California) andCarol WISE (University of Southern California)
Discussant Noriyuki MITA (Ministry of Economy, Trade andIndustry)
11:00-11:45pm“Japanʼs Competitive FTA Strategy: Tradeoﬀs between
economic and political competition”
Mireya SOLIS (American University)
Discussant: Yorizumi WATANABE (Keio University)

Opening Remarks

11:45am-12:30pm“Chinaʼs Competitive FTA Strategy: Realism in a Liberal Slide”
Jian YANG (University of Auckland)
Discussant: Long KE (Fujitsu Research Center)

Session 1: Thematic Dynamics

Session 3: FTA Hubs: Singapore (ASEAN)
and Chile

1:30-1:45pm
Satoshi AMAKO (Waseda University)

1:45-2:30 pm“Framework: Competitive Regionalism: Explaining theDiﬀusion of FTAs in the Paciﬁc Rim”
Saori N. KATADA (University of Southern California)
Discussant: Gregory NOBLE (University of Tokyo)

2:00-2:45pm“Competitive Regionalism in Southeast Asia”
Takashi TERADA (Waseda University)
Discussant: Susumu YAMAKAGE (University of Tokyo)

2:30-3:15pm“Competitive Regionalism in East Asia: Legal Context”
Junji NAKAGAWA (University of Tokyo)
Discussant: Akira KOTERA (University of Tokyo)

2:45-3:30pm“Chile: A Pioneer in Trade Policy”
Barbara STALLINGS (Brown University)
Discussant: Neantro SAAVEDRA-RIVANO (University of Tsukuba)

3:30-4:15pm“Political Competition and the FTA Movement:
Political-Security Motivations and Consequences”
Mike MOCHIZUKI (George Washington University)
Discussant: Jimbo KEN (Keio University)

Session 4: FTA Ascendent: Mexico andSouth Korea

4:15-5:00pm“Competitive Regionalism in East Asia; An EconomicAnalysis”
Shujiro URATA (Waseda University)
Discussant: Masahiro KAWAI (Asian DevelopmentBank Institute)

3:45-4:30pm“Competitive Regionalism and Mexicoʼs FTA Strategy”
Aldo FLORES-QUIROGA (Claremont Graduate University)
Discussant: Keiichi TSUNEKAWA (the National Graduate
Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS))
4:30-5:15pm“South Koreaʼs Pursuit of “Embedded Liberal” Free TradeAgreements”
Min Gyo KOO (Yonsei University)
Discussant: Yukiko FUKAGAWA (Waseda University)

Closing Remarks
5:15-5:30pm

Organized by: Waseda University Global COE Program-Global Institute for Asian Regional Integration(GIARI)
Sponsored by: The Japan Foundation , Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies(GSAPS) , Organization for Asian Studies,Waseda
University(OAS,WASEDA) and Japan-United States Friendship Commission(JUSFC)
For speciﬁc questions, please contact: GIARI (E-mail:GIARI-Staff@list.waseda.jp)

Admission:Free / No pre-registration / Language:English