Indonesia-Japan Economic and Trade Relations: Updates, Focus on Small & Medium Enterprises/SMEs

This outreach activity is organized collaboratively by the WCP CWTS UGM in Indonesia and ASEAN Nagoya Club (ANC) in Japan to promote Toyota Way (Value, Ethics and Business) among Indonesian MSMEs, and was attended by representatives of big private enterprise in Japan and MSMEs in Indonesia. Topics of my presentation include:

Comércio Internacional (International Trade)

O Comércio Internacional passa por transformações cada vez mais complexas e que envolvem diversas áreas do conhecimento. O objetivo dessa disciplina será fornecer ao estudante informações sobre os principais temas relacionados ao comércio internacional, com especial ênfase para as políticas e interesses comerciais do Brasil. Será também importante contextualizar os elementos que se relacionam com o comércio internacional no âmbito do Sistema Econômico Internacional, suas instituições e as relações com governos e o setor privado, como OMC, OCDE, FMI, Banco Mundial, BIS e UNCTAD.

Theoretical concepts of trade policy development and analysis: Evolution and modern challenges in the context of the international trading system transformation

The study of the trade policy concepts within a framework of hyper globalization and global regulation system transformation requires new theoretical and methodological approaches. On the one hand, trade policy design and implementation is closely linked to a wide range of issues from e-commerce to gender inequality. On the other hand, the newest trade theory focuses on studying the companies’ export activities, their participation in global value chains and their trade costs. In addition, research methodology for various quantitative methods has grown significantly.