Shujiro Urata

2 months ago | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Shiro Armstrong |Mireya Solís |Shujiro Urata

1 Introduction New geopolitical realities are reshaping the world economy. The United States and China have moved away from an era of engagement to one of great power rivalry. Under Xi Jinping, China has doubled down on state intervention to achieve self-sufficiency in core technologies and has flexed its economic influence abroad through carrots (such as infrastructure finance) and sticks (economic coercion).

Jan 16, 2025 | eastasiaforum.org | Shujiro Urata

After 30 years of stagnant growth, Japan’s nominal wages increased by 5.1 per cent in April 2024 as a result of the ‘spring wage offensive’, an annual collective bargaining process where labour unions negotiate with employers for better wages. The government has been campaigning for real wage growth as part of its ‘New Form of Capitalism’ program, an initiative introduced by former prime minister Kishida.

Mar 25, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Kazunobu Hayakawa |Fukunari Kimura |Shujiro Urata |Hiroshi Mukunoki

Supporting Information Filename Description twec13557-sup-0001-AppendixS1-S2.docxWord 2007 document , 85.2 KB Appendix S1: Appendix S2: REFERENCES , , & (2006). Rules of origin as export subsidies. In O. Cadot, A. Estevadeordal, A. Suwa-Eisenmann, & T. Verdier (Eds.), The origin of goods: Rules of origin in regional trade agreements (pp. 149–172). Oxford University Press. , & (2004). A group bargaining solution. Mathematical Social Sciences, 48, 37–53. (2008).

Nov 9, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Shujiro Urata

Corresponding Author Shujiro Urata Research Administration Department, Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO, Chiba, Japan Corresponding author: Shujiro Urata, Research Administration Department, Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO), 3-2-2 Wakaba, Mihama-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba 261-8545, Japan. Email: [email protected] for more papers by this author