Dear all,

This week, Japan Zoominar @ UC San Diego hosts "Follower no More: Japan's Role in Shaping the Liberal Trading Order", with Mireya Solis. Please join us for this conversation with Ulrike Schaede, here:
Wednesday, June 16th, 2021, 8:30am-9:30am Japan Time (JST)
Tuesday, June 15th, 2021, 4:30pm-5:30pm Pacific (PDT)
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Over the last decade, Japan has emerged as a major champion of the liberal economic order. The record is impressive: playing a leading role in the
creation of mega trade deals, codifying rules for the digital economy, and orchestrating an infrastructure investment push in developing Asia.
However, the fracturing of the world economy due to great power competition and resurgent economic nationalism presents new challenges
for Tokyo in balancing its economic internationalism with defensive concerns over economic security. What is Japan's global power position
today?

Guest Speaker:
Mireya Solís is director of the Center for East Asia Policy Studies and Knight Chair in Japanese Studies at the Brookings Institution. An expert on Japanese foreign economic policy, U.S.-Japan relations, and economic integration in the Asia-Pacific, her latest book "Dilemmas of the Trading Nation: Japan and the United States in the Evolving Asia-Pacific Order" received the 2018 Masayoshi Ohira Memorial Award.

Moderator:
Ulrike Schaede is Professor of Japanese Business at GPS, UC San Diego, and the Director of JFIT. Her research focuses on Japan's changing corporate strategies, including
business culture, change management, and business organization. Her 2020 book "The Business Reinvention of Japan" analyzes how Japanese
companies are responding to the rise of China and the changing global competition.

We hope to see you there!

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Coming up the following Wednesday (JST):
6/23 (6/22 Pacific) The Many Myths about Japanese Entrepreneurship with Robert Eberhart Please register here for this upcoming Japan Zoominar:
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