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Impacts of tariffs of the US against China on the machinery exports of China and Japan to the US

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K01642
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 07040:Economic policy-related
Research InstitutionWaseda University

Principal Investigator

Baak SaangJoon  早稲田大学, 国際学術院, 教授 (30339923)

Project Period (FY) 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
KeywordsTrade war / machinery exports / Exchange rates / Export prices / trade war / exchange rates / export prices / system GMM / impact of exchange rate / export price / export quantity / impact of tariff / structural break / misalignments / exports to the US / imperfect substitutes
Outline of Research at the Start

The research quantifies the impacts of tariff of the US on the exports of China and Japan. In addition, it constructs a structural model which can be used for similar analyses. If the model developed in the project could be employed to trace the impacts of various variables affecting exports.

Outline of Final Research Achievements

1. Did Chinese variables affect the machinery exports from Korea to the US? This research analyzes machinery commodities which are exported from China and South Korea to the US from 2002Q1 to 2021Q4 to determine the impacts of Chinese variables such as trade war and exchange rates on the export quantity and price of Korea. The TSLS estimation results show that a 1% depreciation of the renminbi decreases the value of Korean exports by 0.28%. In contrast, trade war affected Korean exports positively while it affected Chinese exports negatively.
2. Was there a structural break in the impacts of exchange rates on the prices of Japanese machinery exports to the US? The results of the research shows that the impact of the yen-dollar exchange rates on Japanese export prices is much smaller and statistically insignificant after the Great Recession.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

The research shows that the trade war between China and the US had positive impacts on the exports of China's competitors such as Korea. It also shows that Japanese exporters do not decrease export prices despite cheaper Japanese currency, putting more weight on earnings.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All 2024 2022

All Presentation (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results)

  • [Presentation] Was there a structural break in the impacts of exchange rates on the prices of Japanese machinery exports to the US?2024

    • Author(s)
      SaangJoon Baak
    • Organizer
      The Japan Society of International Economics
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The impacts of exchange rates on the machinery exports from China and Korea to the US2022

    • Author(s)
      Jung-Geun Yoo
    • Organizer
      Korea Trade Research Association
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Exchange rate misalignments among major currencies2022

    • Author(s)
      SaangJoon Baak
    • Organizer
      Korea and World Economy
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2020-04-28   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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