客員教授 / Visiting Professor 渡辺 哲也WATANABE, Tetsuya
Courses in AY 2024
- 5130235 Exploring a New Global Governance in the Changing Geopolitical Dynamics
Education & Employment
1996
LL. M. Columbia Law School
1987
The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law
Research Fields
Global Governance, International Trade Policy, Climate Change and Energy Transition, Digital Economy and Start-ups Ecosystem and Innovation Policy
Tetsuya Watanabe is President of ERIA (the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia). ERIA is an International Organization established by Leaders of East Asia Summit Member countries in 2008, located in Jakarta, Indonesia. ERIA provides a unique policy platform for a range of stakeholders: political leaders, government officials, business leaders, start-ups, entrepreneurs and civil society organizations in ASEAN and East Asia. ERIA also works closely with the ASEAN Secretariat.
His expertise covers global governance, international trade policy and supply chains, climate change and energy transition, innovation policy, digital transformation and Asia’s regional integration.
Before joining ERIA, he was the Special Advisor to the Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry. Throughout his career in the public service, he has been involved in Japan’s major trade policy initiatives and negotiations including the TPP, RCEP, Japan-US Trade Agreement, Japan-UK Comprehensive Economic Partnership and the WTO Reforms as Director General for the Trade Policy, Director General for Multilateral Trading System Department at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and Chief Counsellor of the TPP Headquarters at the Cabinet Secretariat.
He also led one of Japan’s most prominent policies think tanks, the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), as Vice President.
He graduated from the University of Tokyo and Columbia Law School.
Tetsuya Watanabe is President of ERIA (the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia). ERIA is an International Organization established by Leaders of East Asia Summit Member countries in 2008, located in Jakarta, Indonesia. ERIA provides a unique policy platform for a range of stakeholders: political leaders, government officials, business leaders, start-ups, entrepreneurs and civil society organizations in ASEAN and East Asia. ERIA also works closely with the ASEAN Secretariat.
His expertise covers global governance, international trade policy and supply chains, climate change and energy transition, innovation policy, digital transformation and Asia’s regional integration.
Before joining ERIA, he was the Special Advisor to the Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry. Throughout his career in the public service, he has been involved in Japan’s major trade policy initiatives and negotiations including the TPP, RCEP, Japan-US Trade Agreement, Japan-UK Comprehensive Economic Partnership and the WTO Reforms as Director General for the Trade Policy, Director General for Multilateral Trading System Department at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and Chief Counsellor of the TPP Headquarters at the Cabinet Secretariat.
He also led one of Japan’s most prominent policies think tanks, the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), as Vice President.
He graduated from the University of Tokyo and Columbia Law School.
Major Publications
T. Watanabe, Shiro Armstrong and Rebecca STA MARIA, "Towards an Asia-Pacific Digital Economy Governance Regime", April 2021
T. Watanabe, Richard Baldwin, Chad Bown at el., "Getting America Back in the Game: A Multilateral Perspective", January 2021
逐条解説 不正競争防止法 有斐閣（1994年）（共著）
「改正不正競争防止法の概要」NBL 526号（1994年）
T. Watanabe, Richard Baldwin, Chad Bown at el., "Getting America Back in the Game: A Multilateral Perspective", January 2021
逐条解説 不正競争防止法 有斐閣（1994年）（共著）
「改正不正競争防止法の概要」NBL 526号（1994年）