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The political economy of preferential trade arrangements: The case of Japan

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  • Arata Kuno
  • Fukunari Kimura

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Support for open trade regimes varies. We analyze Japanese survey data on individuals' preferences for TPP, unilateral import liberalization, and East Asian economic integration, and compare factors influencing policy preferences. First, despite the massive negative campaigns against TPP, 42.8% of individuals support Japan’s participation in TPP, vs. 21.1% against. Second, economic factors do matter for an individual in determining his/her policy preference over TPP. Third, noneconomic factors such as gender, age, access to accurate information, and attachment to hometown also feature as determinants. Fourth, although preferences over TPP and other policy options are positively correlated, some factors decrease TPP support but do not undermine support for two other less-politicized policy options: lack of access to accurate information and some industry and regional TPP-specific factors. Criticism impacts negatively on FTA policy preferences. Finally, we discuss economic policy implications for relationships between China, Japan, and Korea.Abbreviations: FTA: Free trade agreement; JA: Japan agricultural cooperative; TPP: Trans-Pacific partnership agreement.

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  • Arata Kuno & Fukunari Kimura, 2017. "The political economy of preferential trade arrangements: The case of Japan," China Economic Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 10(2), pages 128-146, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:rcejxx:v:10:y:2017:i:2:p:128-146
    DOI: 10.1080/17538963.2017.1321884
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