Publications by Type: Book Chapter

2021
Christina L. Davis. 2/2021. “Japanese Trade Policy.” In The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Politics , edited by Robert J. Pekkanen and Saadia M. Pekkanen. Oxford University Press. Publisher's VersionAbstract
This chapter examines Japanese trade policy to explain how economic interests and domestic political institutions have supported the resilience of free trade policies in Japan. The mercantilist ideas and the reactive state model of past years have been replaced by strong support of free trade and Kantei diplomacy to lead in setting rules for the trade regime complex. Once dependent on the United States and mired in bilateral trade friction, Japan has emerged as an active supporter of engagement with China and the pursuit of free trade agreements, alongside continued commitment to the multilateral rules. Japanese-style trade adjustment and the slow path to liberalization served to balance economic efficiency with political stability as the government has supported narrow interests along with long-term trade strategies for economic growth.
davis_japanese_trade_policy_ouphandbook.pdf
2019
Christina L. Davis. 2019. “Japan: Interest Group Politics, Foreign Policy Linkages, and the TPP.” In Megaregulation Contested: Global Economic Ordering After TPP, edited by Benedict Kingsbury, David M. Malone, Paul Mertenskötter, Richard B. Stewart, Thomas Streinz, and Atsushi Sunami, Pp. 573-591. Oxford : Oxford University Press. davis_oup2019_ch26.pdf
2015
Christina L. Davis and Meredith Wilf. 2015. “WTO Membership.” In The Oxford Handbook of the Political Economy of International Trade. Oxford: Oxford University Press. daviswilf2015.pdf
2006
Christina L. Davis. 2006. “Do WTO Rules Create a Level Playing Field for Developing Countries? Lessons from Peru and Vietnam.” In Negotiating Trade: Developing Countries in the WTO and NAFTA. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Christina L. Davis. 2006. “International Institutions and Issue Linkage: Building Support for Agricultural Trade Liberalization [in Japanese].” In Seido to chitsujo no seijikeizaigaku [The Political Economy of System and Order]. Tokyo: Toyo Keizai. davis2004_apsr_japanesereprint.pdf