February 14, 2017  Bank of Japan  A Next Growth Model for Asian Economy: Beyond "the Workshop of the World" Speech at 2017 Northeast Asia International Conference for Economic Development in Niigata  Haruhiko Kuroda Governor of the Bank of Japan (English translation based on the Japanese original)  Introduction Thank you very much for inviting me to the Northeast Asia International Conference for Economic Development.
The possibility of a slowdown in China poses further risks, not only to the growth recovery in the advanced economies, but also to emerging markets in general. Trade and investment linkages with China have increased markedly in recent years, and a slowdown could adversely affect these trends.