Japan and the European Union A Partnership for the Twenty-First Cent
Relations between Japan and the EU rarely hit the headlines. Yet, based upon decades of incremental developments, their bilateral partnership has come to cover a wide range of activities. This book traces the history of that mutual interaction and assesse
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Julie Gilson
Japan and the European Union
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Japan and the European Union A Partnership for the Twenty-First Century? Julie Gilson Lecturer in Japanese Studies University of Birmingham
First published in Great Britain 2000 by
MACMILLAN PRESS LTD Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978-1-349-41479-6 ISBN 978-0-333-98139-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780333981399 First published in the United States of America 2000 by ST. MARTIN’S PRESS, INC., Scholarly and Reference Division, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010
ISBN 978-0-312-22616-9 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gilson, Julie Japan and the European Union : a partnership for the twenty-first century? / Julie Gilson. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-312-22616-9 (cloth) 1. European Union countries—Foreign economic relations—Japan. 2. Japan– –Foreign economic relations—European Union Countries. I. Title HF1531.Z4 J34 2000 337.4052—dc21 99–033857 © Julie Gilson 2000 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2000 978-0-333-76488-6 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1P 0LP. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted her right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. 0987654321 1 09 08 07
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Contents Preface Abbreviations
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Introduction: Assessing Bilateral Relations
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Developing Cooperation, 1950s–80s
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Japan and its Changing Views of Europe
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European Integration and Changing Views of Japan
64
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The 1990s and a New Era in Japan–EU Relations
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Cooperation in Regional Forums
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Addressing Global Agendas
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Conclusion: A Partnership for the Twenty-first Century?
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Appendices
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Joint Declaration
II Chronology of Japan–EU Relations
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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List of Tables 6.1 Growth in the value of world trade by regions, 1990–96 6.2 EU trade with Asia, 1984 and 1992–94, imports 6.3 EU trade with Asia, 1984 and 1992–94, exports
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