White Paper on International Economy and Trade 2016

• Contents, Introduction and Explanatory Notes（PDF：32KB）

Part Ⅰ Global economic trends and challenges

Chapter 1 Structural change in the economy of emerging countries

• Section1 Emerging countries’ growth led by investment expansion and deepening of economic relationship（PDF：2,581KB）
• Section2 Excess production capacity, excess debts, resource price declines and the world（PDF：3,291KB）

Chapter 2 Worldwide decline in growth expectations

• Section1 Weak growth in total demand in developed countries（PDF：417KB）
• Section2 Decline in the potential growth rate worldwide（PDF：238KB）

Chapter 3 Emergence of new sources for growth

• Section1 Rise of the services industry and expansion of services trade（PDF：1,889KB）
• Section2 Shift to the platform business model and a change in the industrial structure（PDF：585KB）
• Section3 Global expansion of demand for infrastructure（PDF：292KB）

Part Ⅱ Our challenges for exploring new global frontiers

Chapter 1 Current status and challenges of Japan’s external economic relationships

• Section1 Challenges for Japan’s current trade and investments（PDF：837KB）
• Section2 Securing highly-skilled professionals and creating innovations（PDF：1,187KB）

Chapter 2 Expanding services trade by taking advantage of Japan’s strengths

• Section1 Potentials of services trade（PDF：1,160KB）
• Section2 Current status of tourism and future challenges for enhancing value added（PDF：1,232KB）

Chapter 3 Globalization of local economies and export stimulus by SMEs and middle-sized enterprises

• Section 1 The current status of and challenges for exports from regions in Japan（PDF：1,485KB）
• Section2 Factors and elements of expansion of regional industries and exports in Germany and other countries（PDF：1,324KB）
• Section3 Approaches to addressing companies with high export potential（PDF：623KB）
• Section4 Expansion of exports of agricultural, forestry and fishery products and foods（PDF：1,841KB）
• Section5 Regional initiatives to attract inward foreign direct investments（PDF：418KB）

Chapter 4 Challenge of exploring the new frontier of emerging countries

• Section1 Africa（PDF：524KB）
• Section2 Vietnam, India and Iran（PDF：836KB）

Part Ⅲ Policies

Chapter 1 Direction of response related to the global economy and trade

• Section1 Maintenance of the global economic growth（PDF：130KB）
• Section2 Developments related to trade rules（PDF：885KB）

Chapter 2 Direction of Japan’s trade policy response

• Section1 Formation of rules, including trade agreements（PDF：1,354KB）
• Section2 Initiatives to capture markets（PDF：1,009KB）

Appendix

• References（PDF：137KB）
• List of Figures and Tables（PDF：788KB）
• Explanatory Note（PDF：51KB）
• Regional Classification（PDF：33KB）
• Supplementary Note（PDF：104KB）

Column list

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China’s economic growth rate and employment

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Sectors with robust fixed asset investments

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Progress in the ROK-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA)

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India’s exports of goods and services

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Changes in India’s trade (with China)

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Types of services trade

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New trends in production-related services in Japan: the case of Hitachi Ltd.

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EU regulation of the protection of personal data and the EU-US Privacy Shield

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Cross Border Privacy Rules system (CBPR)

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Exports by Japan’s contents industry

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Example of active regional tourism promotion initiatives in Japan

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Effects of exports on employment

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Factors supporting industry and exports in the Rhône-Alpes region in France

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Hokkaido Dairy Cooperation Project-Food and agriculture partnership project

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Initiatives conducted by regional core companies placing emphasis on the use of raw materials from Hokkaido

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Advanced foreign cases of promotion of inward foreign direct investment

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Promotion of overseas sales of traditional craftwork products

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About ERIA

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Foreign companies’ efforts to capture markets through international rule-making.