简介：StimulatedbyrecentdrasticchangesintheinternationalsituationandwiththeaimofmaximizingJapan’snationalinterests,thegovernmentofShinzoAbeistryingtoadoptanationalstrategythatdeviatesfromandevencontradictsthatoftheUnitedStates,whilemaintainingtheframeworkofUS-Japanallianceandavoidinghead-onconfrontationwithUSinterests.Thispursuitof“strategicindependence”1isdistinguishedasbeingindependentlydesignedandself-contained.Itnotonlyinherits2thestrategicambitionsofpreviousJapanesegovernmentsbutisalsoinnovativeandground-breaking.

简介：Inrecentyears,twosignificanttrendshaveemergedinglobaltrade.Ononehand,basedontheunilateralideathatputstheirrespectivenationalinterestsfirst,afewcountrieshaveretreatedfromthepositionofequalandmutuallybeneficialtrade,evenatthecostoffiercetradefrictionswithothernations.Ontheotherhand,severallargeeconomieshaveadoptedapositiveattitudetowardtheirfreetradestrategiesandareendeavoringtoestablish“mega-freetradeagreements.”