日米「経済版」２プラス２創設へ　今夜、首脳ＴＶ会談で合意

　日米両政府は、外務・経済担当閣僚による経済版「２プラス２」協議の枠組みを創設する方針を固めた。２１日夜の岸田文雄首相とバイデン大統領のテレビ会談で合意する見通し。日米間では外務・防衛担当閣僚による安全保障協議委員会が安保分野の問題を取り上げているが、経済安全保障など経済面でも連携を促進したい考えだ。日本政府関係者が明らかにした。
　経済版２プラス２には、日本側から外相と経済産業相、米側から国務長官と商務長官が出席する方向。早期の初会合開催を目指す。米中の経済、技術両面の覇権争いが激化する中、サプライチェーン（供給網）の強化策や先端技術の流出防止策などについて意見が交わされる見通しだ。（2022/01/21-11:19）

Japan and the United States plan to create a new two-plus-two framework to promote talks regarding economic issues, including economic security, Japanese government sources said Friday.
   Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden are expected to reach a deal on the new framework, which is similar to the existing two-plus-two security meetings between the two countries' foreign and defense ministers, in their videoconference later on Friday.
   The new framework will likely involve the foreign and trade ministers from Tokyo and the secretaries of state and commerce from Washington, according to the sources. Japan and the United States will aim to hold the framework's inaugural meeting at an early date, the sources said.
   The four ministers are expected to discuss measures to strengthen supply chains and to prevent leaks of advanced technologies, at a time when the United States and China are competing for economic and technological dominance.
   Also on the agenda at the bilateral summit meeting are measures against Russia's recent military activity, especially after the country's military buildup along its border with Ukraine, a senior U.S. administration official said Thursday.