セーフガードの政治行政学

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In April 2001, the Japanese government tentatively provided safeguard for the farmers of Welsh onion, shiitake, and rush. Most of the imports of the agrarian products were from China, which then invoked the counter measures that hurt the Japanese exports of automobiles, cellular phones and air conditioners to china. The Japanese government did not move on to official safeguard when the tentative period was over in November. This paper asks why Japan exercised safeguard clause when faced with the pressures from the farmers. It is important here to keep in mind that the safeguard is officially acknowledged by World Trade Organization (WTO) under the certain conditions. Although the safeguard itself is protectionist measure, exercising one does not violate the rules of the free trade as long as the government obeys the rules set by WTO, which is the world wide organization to promote free trade. This paper argues this dual nature of safeguard clause cast an interesting light on the political process of trade policies in contemporray Japan. It included the changing leadership of LDP from Mori Yoshiro to Koizumi Junichiro and the tension between Japan and China caused by the textbook issue, the visit of the former Taiwanese prosident to Japan, and Koizumi's attendance at Yasukuni Shrine.
関西学院大学の論文