2025 RIETI-CIER International Conference

Geoeconomic Challenges and Strategic Responses: Rethinking trade, industry, and resilience

Information

  • Date & Time: 10:00-17:40, November 18, 2025
  • Venue: The Chung-Hua Institute for Economic Research, Taipei City

Program

Opening Remarks

10:00-10:10

Hsien-Min LIEN, President, CIER

Kyoji FUKAO, Chairman, RIETI

10:10-10:15 Photo Session

Session 1: Global Trade Realignment and Economic Outlook in the Post-Tariff Era

10:15-11:20

“Quantifying Economic Security Risks: Geographical Simulation Analyses on Tariffs, Conflict, and Logistical Disruptions”

Ikumo ISONO, IDE-JETRO

“How U.S. Tariffs Are Reshaping Taiwan's Trade”

Shu-Fei YANG, CIER

Moderator

Kyoji FUKAO, Chairman, RIETI

11:20-11:35 Discussion

11:35-13:00 Lunch

Session 2: Industry and Firm-Level Responses to Tariff and Market Disruptions

13:00-14:05

“How Do Firms Cope with Supply Chain Shocks? Evidence from Firm-to-firm Transaction Network Data”

Takafumi KAWAKUBO, RIETI/ University of Osaka

“Dominant Currency Pricing and Export Competition: Evidence from Taiwan's Customs Data”

Chun-Yen WU, CIER

Moderator

Wen-Ling TU, President, DSET

16:05-16:20 Discussion

16:20-16:30 Break

Round Table Discussion: Geoeconomic Strategy and Supply Chain Resilience in an Era of Uncertainty

16:30-17:30

Roy Chun LEE, CIER

Kyoji FUKAO, Chairman, RIETI

Tsai-Ying LU, DSET

Byung-Seon JEONG, Sogang University, Korea

Marcin JERZEWSKI, European Values Center for Security Policy

Moderator

Tain-Jy CHEN, Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Closing Remarks

17:30-17:40

Hsien-Min LIEN, President, CIER

Kyoji FUKAO, Chairman, RIETI