Information
- Date & Time: October 30, 2025 (Thursday) 10:05-17:15
- Venue: RIETI seminar room #1121, 11th floor, Annex, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
- Address: 1-3-1, Kasumigaseki Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-8901 JAPAN
- Host(s): Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) / JSPS KAKENHI (A) Grant Number: 25H00545
Program
10:05-10:10 Opening remarks
Yasuyuki Todo (RIETI / Waseda University)
10:10-12:10 Session 1: Firm Productivity and International Trade
Chair:
Yasuyuki Todo (RIETI / Waseda University)
10:10-10:50 “Where Has All the Dynamism Gone? Productivity Growth in China's Manufacturing Sector, 1998-2013”
Yifan Zhang (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
10:50-11:30 “Impact of Border Rejection Experience on Export Performance: Firm-level Evidence from China”
Tomohiko Inui (RIETI / Gakushuin University)
11:30-12:10 “Offshoring Bias in Productivity Estimates: Evidence from Japanese Customs Data”
Takafumi Kawakubo (RIETI / Osaka University)
12:10-13:30 Lunch break
13:30-15:30 Session 2: Production Network and International Trade
Chair:
Tomohiko Inui (RIETI / Gakushuin University)
13:30-14:10 “Disruption Risk Evaluation on a Large-scale Production Network with Establishments and Products”
Yasuyuki Todo (RIETI / Waseda University)
14:10-14:50 “Identifying Knowledge Spillovers using Innovation Networks”
Lex (Laixun) Zhao (Kobe University)
14:50-15:30 “Technology Spillover in Production Networks, and Optimal Trade Policy: Application to Trump 2.0”
Hanwei Huang (City University of Hong Kong)
15:30-15:50 Coffee break
15:50-17:10 Session 3: Trade War and Geopolitical Risks
Chair:
Hongyong Zhang (RIETI)
15:50-16:30 “Incomplete Tariff Pass-through at the Firm-level: Evidence from U.S.-China Trade Dispute”
Chengyuan He (Xiamen University)
16:30-17:10 “Geopolitical Risk and Supply Chain Reallocation: Firm-level Evidence”
Hongyong Zhang (RIETI)
17:10-17:15 Closing remarks
Tomohiko Inui (RIETI / Gakushuin University)
