WTO Trade Policy Review of Japan 2023
- Zunfthaus zur Meisen
Münsterhof 20
8001 Zürich
Switzerland
- Masahiro Hayafuji Head Asia and Pacific Region - Trade Policies Review Division WTO
- Swiss-Japanese Chamber of Commerce
SJCC Members: CHF 120.-
Non-Members: CHF 160.-
(full no-show fee and late cancellation fee after November 22, 2023)
WTO Trade Policy Review of Japan 2023
(The Evolution of Japan’s Trade Policy)
The World Trade Organization (WTO) held the fifteenth Trade Policy Review (TPR) of Japan on 1 and 3 March 2023. The talk will provide a brief introduction of the WTO TPR Mechanism and show some of the key findings of the TPR of Japan.
Program
18:00 Door opening
18:30 Presentation
19:30 Dinner
About the guest speaker:
Masahiro Hayafuji is Head of Region, Asia and Pacific, Trade Policies Review Division at the WTO in Geneva.
Career
1986-1987 Economic Cooperation Division, Trade Policy Bureau, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), Japan
1987-1989 Chief, General Coordination Section, Fibre and Spinning Division, Consumer Goods Industries Bureau, MITI
1989-1991 Chief, General Coordination Section, Planning division, Economic Planning Agency, Japan
1991-1993 Administrator (Economist), Economics Department, OECD, Paris
1994-1996 Deputy-Director, General Coordination Division, Trade Policy Bureau, MITI
1996-2000 Trade Policy Analyst, Trade Policies Review Division, WTO
2000-present Counsellor, Trade Policies Review Division
2014-present Head of Region, Asia and Pacific, Trade Policies Review Division
Education
A.B. (Mathematical economics) from Brown University, Providence, R.I., USA
M.Sc. (Economic History) from University of Oxford, UK
