Saori Katada, ‘Can Japan Save the Liberal Economic Order in the Asia Pacific: Geoeconomic Strategy of a Mature Developmental State?’

Once attacked for having protectionist and mercantilist economy, Japan is now the champion of liberal economic order that led the successful conclusion of the TPP-11 after the U.S. withdrawal from the agreement. How did Japan transform, and can Japan lead liberal economic order in the Asia Pacific?

Saori Katada is a professor at School of International Relations and the director of the Center for International Studies at the University of Southern California.