Highlights of a System for Ensuring the Stable Provision of Core Infrastructure Services
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Highlights of a System for Ensuring the Stable Provision of Core Infrastructure Services
Kazuho Nakajima, Masahiro Heike and Taku Nemoto authored an article titled, "Highlights of a System for Ensuring the Stable Provision of Core Infrastructure Services" which appears in the September 2022 edition of Business Homu.
The system is stipulated in the Japan’s Economy Security Promotion Act which was enacted in May 2022.
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Masahiro Heike specializes in international trade law. From 2016 to 2018, he worked at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry as an in-government lawyer, and handled numerous WTO disputes and trade negotiations and was responsible for the trade policies of other jurisdictions including the United States and China. Currently, he is involved in a wide range of matters including WTO dispute settlement cases, domestic and foreign trade remedy cases (anti-dumping, safeguards), government research related to international trade law, and the handling of tariffs and origin relations.
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