Recorded July 21, 2021

A Conversation with Ambassador Koji Tsuruoka and Mr. Glen S. Fukushima moderated by USALI faculty director, José E. Alvarez

Asia is now at the center of global trade flows as well international treaty negotiations to address them. This is a rare opportunity to hear from two of the world’s foremost authorities on the trade relations between two of the economic superpowers in the region. Ambassador Koji Tsuruoka, one of Japan’s most distinguished diplomats, is the former Japanese ambassador to the UK and the former chief negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Mr. Fukushima, now at the Center for American Progress, is the former president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan and the former deputy assistant US trade representative for Japan and China. Among the issues to be addressed are the ways in which Biden’s trade policies are likely to differ from those of his predecessor and whether the US should seek to enter the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and/or a US-Japan FTA.