The 14th Policy Plenary Meeting was held
on April 14th 2006 on the theme of "How should We Promote
Cooperation in the Fields of Currency / Finance and Trade / Investment
in East Asia?" Reports were made by Dr. YOSHITOMI Masaru,
Director of WG on "Trade-FDI-Technology Linkages in East
Asia" (President & Chief Research Officer, Research Institute
of Economy, Trade & Industry) and Mr. ASAMI Tadahiro, Director
of WG on "Intra-Regional Exchange Rate Stability and Prevention
of Financial Crisis in East Asia" (Managing Director, Institute
for International Monetary Affairs), two of the three working
groups sponsored by Japan under the Network of East Asian Think-tanks
(NEAT).
Director YOSHITOMI stated that "trade
and investment are directly linked, and we have to clarify the
impact of the exchange rate and the capital/finance flow on
this linkage." Director ASAMI stated in his report that
"currency stability will be an important issue, and the
fostering of capital market within each country and the ensuing
the capital-market liberalization process ought to be studied."
There were 25 participants, including
representatives from the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Economics, Trade and Industry.
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