NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

 

Pre-Conference on China’s Growing Role in the World Trade

 

Robert Feenstra and Shang-Jin Wei, Organizers

 

October 14, 2006

 

NBER

2nd Floor Conference Room

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

PROGRAM

 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13:

 

 

7:00 pm

Group Dinner

 

Royal Sonesta Hotel – Skyline Room

 

 

 

Speaker:  JOHN TAYLOR, Stanford University and NBER

 

Exchange Rate Diplomacy:  The Case of China and the World Economy

 

 

 

 

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14:

 

 

8:15 am

Shuttle van departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for NBER 

 

 

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

 

 

9:00 am

Welcome and Introduction to the Project

 

 

9:15 am

China’s Trade and Employment

 

ROBERT FEENSTRA, UC, Davis and NBER

 

CHANG HONG, IMF

 

 

 

The Spread of Export Sophistication across China:

 

The Role of Processing Trade, Multinational Firms, and Government Policies

 

ZHI WANG, ITC

 

SHANG-JIN WEI, IMF and NBER

 

 

 

An Anatomy of China’s Trade Growth

 

MARY AMITI, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

 

CAROLINE FREUND, IMF

 

 

 

China's Local Comparative Advantage: A Weighty Question

 

JAMES HARRIGAN, Federal Reserve Bank of New York and NBER

 

HAIYAN DENG, The Conference Board

 

 

10:35 am

Coffee Break

 

 

11:00 am

Effects of China’s Growth on Exports of other Asian Countries and Latin America

 

GORDON HANSON, UC, San Diego and NBER

 

RAYMOND ROBERTSON, Macalester College

 

 

 

Facts and Fallacies about U.S. FDI in China

 

(with apologies to Rob Feenstra)

 

LEE BRANSTETTER, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER

 

C. FRITZ FOLEY, Harvard University and NBER

 

 

 

Export-Platform FDI in China

 

BRUCE BLONIGEN, University of Oregon and NBER

 

ALYSON MA, University of San Diego

 

 

 

China’s Outward FDI:  Patterns and Underlying Determinants

 

LEONARD CHENG, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

 

ZIHUI MA, Renmin University of China

 

 

12:20 pm

Lunch

 

 

1:30 pm

Are Japanese Prices Set in China?

 

Inflation, Deflation, and the Measurement of Japanese Prices

 

DAVID WEINSTEIN, Columbia University and NBER

 

CHRISTIAN BRODA, University of Chicago and NBER

 

 

 

China’s WTO Entry: Antidumping, Safeguards, and Dispute Settlement

 

CHAD BOWN, Brandeis University

 

 

 

China’s Experience Under the Multifiber Arrangement (MFA) and the Agreement on Textile and Clothing (ATC)

 

PETER SCHOTT and IRENE BRAMBILLA, Yale University and NBER

 

AMIT KHANDELWAL, Yale University 

 

 

2:30 pm

Coffee Break

 

 

2:45 pm

The Evolution of Agricultural Distortions in China:  The Role of the Exchange Rate

 

JIKUN HUANG, Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy

 

WILL MARTIN, World Bank

 

SCOTT ROZELLE, UC, Davis 

 

 

 

Is Fragmented Trade Good for China’s Environment?

 

JUDITH DEAN, ITC

 

MARY LOVELY, Syracuse University

 

 

 

China’s Current Account and Exchange Rate

 

YIN-WONG CHEUNG, UC, Santa Cruz

 

MENZIE CHINN, University of Wisconsin and NBER

 

EIJI FUJII, University of Tsukuba

 

 

3:45 pm

Closing Remarks

 

 

4:00 pm

Adjourn

 

 

Format:

20 minutes per paper, including discussion

 

 

 

 

 

10/10/06