2023 年 29 巻 p. 3-16
The friction between the United States and China is becoming a pressure to promote the transformation of supply chains in Asia in the form of economic security. Economic security is generally regarded as a phenomenon at the national and macro level, and Japanese companies are at a loss as to what steps should be taken to measure the impact at the management and corporate level. Therefore, this paper first focuses on high technology, a sensitive field where technological hegemony is occurring in the US-China friction. The fact that the United States is wary of China shows that it is related to Made in China 2025, based on trends in the US Congress. Next, in non-sensitive fields, it is not that there is no friction, but that “business and human rights” is weighing on. In order to grasp the signs in the relevant field, it is essential to grasp the signs from the reports of the US State Department and the United Nations. If changes in the supply chain are unavoidable, friend shoring advocated by the United States is effective, and IPEF is expected to function as a filter. It is necessary to recognize that we have entered an era in which the success or failure of a business depends on the skillfulness of its management.