U.S.-Japan Economic Security and Technology Cooperation
Amid an era of rapid technological advances and a shifting geopolitical environment in the Indo-Pacific, the United States and Japan have both identified economic security as a core strategic priority. Competition for technological leadership and concerns over emerging dual-use technologies have complicated trade and supply chain relations by blurring the lines between market-based economic interests and national security priorities, while expanding global connectivity, digital commerce, and cross-border data flows have introduced new risks and challenges as well as opportunities. Meanwhile, leadership transitions in the United States and Japan raise questions about each country’s approach to the changing strategic environment in the region.
On January 28, 2025, NBR held a discussion in Seattle with Michael Beeman, Saori Katada, Daisuke Kawai, and Crystal Pryor on how the United States and Japan are approaching economic security under an evolving strategic environment. Makoto Iyori, Consul-General of Japan in Seattle, delivered welcome remarks.
Agenda
OPENING REMARKS
Michael Wills, President, The National Bureau of Asian Research
WELCOME REMARKS
Makoto Iyori, Consul-General of Japan in Seattle
PANEL DISCUSSION
Economic Security in the Trump and Ishiba Era
Michael Beeman, Visiting Scholar, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC)
Saori Katada, Professor of International Relations and Diretor of the Center for International Studies, University of Southern California; Nonresident Fellow, NBR
PANEL DISCUSSION
The Role of Emerging Technology and Export Controls on Economic Security
Daisuke Kawai, Project Assistant Professor and the Deputy Director of the Economic Security Programme at RCAST, University of Tokyo; Geopolitical Advisor for the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai)
Crystal Pryor, Senior Fellow, Center for Policy Research, SUNY Albany
CLOSING REMARKS
Doug Strub, Senior Director of Research and Programs, The National Bureau of Asian Research
Makoto Iyori, Consul-General of Japan in Seattle, delivers welcome remarks.
Saori Katada and Michael Beeman discuss economic security in the Trump and Ishiba era.
Doug Strub moderates a discussion with Daisuke Kawai and Crystal Pryor on the role of emerging technology and export controls on economic security.
