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

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8 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)

9 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)

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

11 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

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13 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

14 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

15 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.

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

17 Thank you for your attention!


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