Hajime Matsumura Deputy Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan Paris, 15 December 2010

Bilateral Investment Agreements Vietnam(2003), Cambodia(2007), Laos(2008) Bilateral Economic Partnership Agreements Singapore （ 2002 ） Malaysia （ 2005 ） Thailand （ 2007 ） The Philippines （ 2006 ） Brunei （ 2007 ） Indonesia （ 2007 ） Vietnam(2008) Multilateral EPA ASEAN(2008)

Overview of Japan’s Investment Agreements Bilateral Investment Agreements ： Protection Type 1 Egypt(1977) 2 Sri Lanka(1982) 3 China （ 1988 ） 4 Turkey （ 1992 ） 5 Hong Kong （ 1997 ） 6 Pakistan （ 1998 ） 7 Bangladesh （ 1998 ） 8 Russia （ 1998 ） 9 Mongolia （ 2001 ） Protection + Liberalization type 10 Korea （ 2002 ） 11 Vietnam （ 2003 ） 12 Cambodia （ 2007 ） 13 Laos （ 2008 ） 14 Uzbekistan （ 2008 ） 15 Peru （ 2008 ） Under Negotiation 16 Japan-China-Korea 17 Saudi Arabia 18 Colombia 19 Kazakhstan 20 Angola 21 Kuwait 22 Papua New Guinea 23 Algeria ＥＰＡ /FTA including Investment chapter 1 Singapore （ 2002 ） 2 Mexico （ 2004 ） 3 Malaysia （ 2005 ） 4 Chile （ 2007 ） 5 Thailand （ 2007 ） 6 Brunei （ 2007 ） 7 Indonesia （ 2007 ） 8 The Philippines （ 2006 ） 9 ASEAN(2008) 10 Switzerland （ 2009 ） Under Negotiation 11 India Concluded /To be signed 12 Peru Concluded/To be signed 13 Australia 14 GCC 15 Korea (suspended)

Investment Protection Investment Liberalization/ Promotion/Protection (after Japan-ROK Agreement 2002)

Protection TypeLiberalization Type 1National treatment in the pre- establishment phase No Yes 2Most-favored-Nation treatment in the pre-establishment phase Yes 3Prohibition of performance requirements (TRIMs + α) No Yes 4 National treatment in the post- establishment phase Yes 5 Most-favored-Nation treatment in the post-establishment phase Yes 6 Expropriation/Compensation Yes 7 War and civil disturbance Yes 8 Transfer of funds Yes 9 Investor-State dispute settlement Yes 10 State-State dispute settlement Yes 11 Joint Committee No Yes 12 Reservation list No Yes

Promote more investment ← National treatment in the pre-establishment phase, Prohibition of performance requirements(TRIMs +α) Increase transparency of investment regulations ← Reservation list Ensure follow-up of investment agreement enforcement ← Joint Committee Stimulate more economic activities & economic development in host country

Japan’s first multilateral EPA Accumulation of originating materials (Art.29) → Strengthen production networks between Japan and ASEAN region Investment (Art.51) Subcommittee on Investment : Continue to discuss to imporve investment environment through progressive liberalisation, promotion, facilitation and protection of investment. Towards substantive outcomes in August in 2011

Originating materials of a Party used in the production of a good in another Party shall be considered as originating materials of that Party where the working or processing of the good has taken place.

D market E BJ H Bilateral EPA C A I G materia l Japan Market ０％ tariff MFN → 0% tariff Product

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