Conference on China and World Economy Under the Cloud of Trade Disputes: New Challenges
Nov 30 - Dec 1, 2020
City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Organized by Global Research Unit at Department of Economics and Finance, City University of Hong Kong, Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT), and Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University
Papers and Presentation Slides
Organizers
Global Research Unit, City University of Hong Kong
Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT)
Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University
About the Workshop
The trade dispute – some called it a trade war – between China and the U.S. has rippling effects beyond the two economies, and presents significant threats to global growth. After locking in tough trade negotiations for the past two years, the U.S. has steadily ratcheting up tariffs on Chinese imports, and China has responded in kind. Some of the alleged China’s unfair trading practices are also unpopular in, say, Europe and Japan.
Given the prominent positions of China and the U.S. in the global economy, their trade disputes can cause noticeable disruptions in the global production chain, trade flow, and investment flow. Further, the dispute can be escalated to a new dimension of limiting China’s capital flows. All these developments have significant implications for China’s economic and financial reforms, its integration with the global financial market, and its interactions with the global economy. The conference provides a platform to assess, under the cloud of trade disputes, the topics that include, but are not limited to, the following:
Those interested in presenting at the conference should send a completed paper or an extended abstract in WORD or PDF format via email to gruhkg@cityu.edu.hk by September 13, 2020. Authors of accepted papers will be notified by September 28, 2020. Final versions of the accepted papers will be posted on the Conference Website. There will be a possibility to present papers online, if travel is still restricted at the time of the conference.
Accepted presenters may apply for financial support to cover economy class airfare and local accommodation expenses.
Keynote Speaker
Peter Petri, Brandeis University
Organizing Committee
Iftekhar Hasan: ihasan@fordham.edu
Yin-Wong Cheung: yicheung@cityu.edu.hk
Iikka Korhonen: iikka.korhonen@bof.fi
List of Participants
Enquiries
Global Research Unit: gruhkg@cityu.edu.hk
Acknowledgement
We thank the Hung Hing Ying and Leung Hau Ling Charitable Foundation (孔慶熒及梁巧玲慈善基金) for their support through the Hung Hing Ying Chair Professorship of International Economics (孔慶熒講座教授(國際經濟)).
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