The International Comparative Legal Guide - Sanctions 2023: Japan
Kazuho Nakjima, Masahiro Heike, Yumiko Inaoka and Marie Wako co-authored the Japan chapter of The International Comparative Legal Guide to Sanctions 2023, published by Global Legal Group.
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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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