The implementation of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) from February 2019 provided the basis for the conference discussion concerning trade and economic issues. The EPA, being the largest free trade agreement ever concluded, is of course very important, especially at present when some other countries instead have turned more towards protectionism. Moreover, the EPA […]

The first of the four sessions of the Future of Work for the Asian Youth webinar series focused on Taiwan and took place on 27 August 2020. It looked at the looked at the changing nature of employment for youth, challenges and opportunities, and how the country is preparing for the future of work.

Jointly organized by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (SOPAS/Tokyo) and the Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation, the Future of Work for the Asian Youth Webinar Series aims to highlight the key issues behind the changing employment landscape of Asia’s young people. Out of the four webinar series, this first session focuses on Taiwan.

The volume aims to examine questions surrounding the shifts occurring to the current multilateral framework and propose answers that can enrich current policy dialogues on free trade and the limits to multilateralism. Current developments and supranational responses to the challenges faced by the dominant multilateral trading system are discussed with special focus on the proposals […]

Never have global systems been challenged as they are now. Governments must recognise that trustworthy and transparent cooperation becomes crucial in order to overcome pandemics and economic crises. This is a timely moment to look into Japans relationship to the EU and to see if and how the partnership agreement can and will be of […]