ＲＣＥＰ効果１５兆円　貿易活性化、ＧＤＰ２．７％押し上げ―政府試算

　政府は１９日、昨年１１月に日中韓や東南アジア諸国連合（ＡＳＥＡＮ）など計１５カ国が署名した地域的な包括的経済連携（ＲＣＥＰ）の経済効果の試算を発表した。関税引き下げなどで工業品や農産品の貿易が活性化し、日本の実質ＧＤＰ（国内総生産）は約２．７％押し上げられると見込む。２０１９年度の水準で換算すると約１５兆円に相当し、政府は早期発効を各国に促したい考えだ。
　経済効果は、日本やオーストラリアなど１１カ国が参加する環太平洋連携協定（ＴＰＰ）の試算（１．５％）と比べ、２倍近くに達した。ＲＣＥＰ参加１５カ国の経済規模がＴＰＰに比べて大きく、ＧＤＰの押し上げ幅が膨らんだ。
　政府は、貿易が活発になれば新たな雇用が生み出されると分析。雇用者数は約０．８％増加すると見込まれ、１９年の就業者数を基に算出すると雇用が約５７万人増える見通しだ。（2021/03/19-21:30）

The Japanese government said Friday that the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership is expected to increase the country's real gross domestic product by 2.7 pct.
   The free trade agreement, signed last November by Japan and 14 other countries, including China, South Korea and the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, is seen invigorating trade in industrial, farm and other goods thanks to trade liberalization measures, such as tariff reductions, according to the government.
   Based on data for fiscal 2019, Japan's GDP would increase by about 15 trillion yen on the back of the effects of the RCEP, it said.
   Japan is poised to call on other RCEP member countries to accelerate their respective domestic procedures to put the pact into effect as early as possible.
   The estimated GDP impact is nearly double that from the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement, which includes Japan, Australia and nine other countries, because the combined size of the economies of the 15 RCEP members is larger than that of the TPP nations. The TPP is projected to expand Japan's real GDP by 1.5 pct.