According to Japan’s Kyodo News, the Japanese government is promoting blockchain technology to enable trade digitization in the ASEAN, where the country is currently the rotating leader. The impetus is intended to reduce reliance on China, given the ongoing pandemic and U.S. – China trade tensions. Specifically, it will involve an NTT Data solution with an 18 member consortium of Japan’s largest companies.
Last week Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) published an ASEAN – Japan Economic Reslience Action Plan, which referenced digitizing trade several times. However, there was no mention of blockchain or NTT Data’s consortium TradeWaltz.
A test of TradeWaltz is planned in Vietnam this year. The consortium was formed in 2017 and the solution was trialed in Thailand last year. Earlier this year at the World Economic Forum, the ICC, Singapore government and many of TradeWaltz’s members entered into an agreement to digitalize trade.
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