Dear SSJ Forum,


The Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies (ICAS) at Temple University, Japan Campus (TUJ) cordially invites you to the following event on September 25, 2019. All ICAS events are held in English, open to the public, and admission is free unless otherwise noted.


Please note that we moved to a new campus. Our new address is 1-14-29 Taishido, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo (世田谷区太子堂1-14-29). The campus is a 7-minute walk from Sangen-jaya station, two stops from Shibuya on the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line.


https://www.tuj.ac.jp/maps/tokyo.html


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Trade Wars and Sanctions: The Sino-American Confrontation and Japan
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Date & Time: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 | 7:00 PM Venue: Temple University, Japan Campus, 1F Parliament ( https://www.tuj.ac.jp/maps/tokyo.html)


RSVP: icas@tuj.temple.edu


Panelists:

- Alexander Dmitrenko, Head of Asia Sanctions, based in the Tokyo office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

- Hiromi Murakami, Senior fellow at Economic Strategy Institute and Adjunct Professor at Temple University Japan Campus (TUJ)

- Robert Dujarric, Director of the Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies (ICAS)


OVERVIEW:


Diplomatic and military tensions between Washington and Beijing have been growing for many years. In a major escalation twist, President Trump and his administration have announced increased tariffs and export controls measures targeting major Chinese corporations, first and foremost Huawei. China no longer shies away from responding to such measures and has already announced the establishing of the Unreliable Entities List and implementation of its own Export Controls Law. Third-countries are invariably affected by this confrontation - starting with Canada' which arrested the daughter of Huawei's founder and whose citizens are now facing (retaliatory) prosecution by Chinese authorities. As America's primary ally in Northeast Asia and a major trade partner of both the USA and the PRC, Japan and its businesses find themselves in a tricky position requiring potentially to pick sides, if the trade war continues to escalate