Program
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| Day 1: Thursday 23 July 2026 | |
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| 0845 - 0900 | Registration and Arrival Tea & Coffee |
| 0900 - 0915 | Welcome and Opening Remarks Serge da Motta Veiga, Dean, Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Melbourne |
| Session 1 | |
| Chair: Reshad Ahsan, The University of Melbourne | |
| 0915 - 1015 | Environmental Responses to Foreign Standards: Technical Barriers to Trade and the Geography of US Emissions |
| Presenter: Sergio de Holanda Roch, Monash University | |
| Discussant: Yusuke Kuroishi, Hitotsubashi University | |
| 1015 - 1030 | Morning Break |
| 1030 - 1130 | Cross-border Threats to Health: Impacts of Trade Liberalization on Nutritional Transition |
| Presenter: Jaerim Choi, Yonsei University | |
| Discussant: Krisztina Orban, Monash University | |
| 1130 - 1145 | Break |
| Session 2: Keynote | |
| Chair: Phil McCalman, The University of Melbourne | |
| 1145 - 1245 | The Cost of Buying American |
| Presenter: Matilde Bombardini, Hass School of Business, UC Berkeley | |
| 1245 - 1345 | Lunch |
| Session 3 | |
| Chair: Sergio de Holanda Rocha, Monash University | |
| 1345 - 1445 | Shaken Foundations: How Earthquakes Reshape Japanese Global Supply Chains |
| Presenter: Yuting Chen, Yokohama National University | |
| Discussant: Sebastian Heise, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | |
| 1445 - 1500 | Break |
| 1500 - 1600 | Product Qualty and the Mode of Entry to Foreign Markets |
| Presenter: Chenying Yang, Singapore Management University | |
| Discussant: Emmanuel Murray Leclair, The University of Melbourne | |
| 1600 - 1615 | Afternoon Break |
| Session 4 | |
| Chair: Wenxiao Wang, University of Adelaide | |
| 1615 - 1715 | After Offshoring: Which Skills Do Firms Seek Next? |
| Presenter: Jooyoun Park, Kent State University | |
| Discussant: Chen Liu, National University of Singapore | |
| 1800 | Conference Dinner (Invitation Only) |
| Day 2: Friday 24 July 2026 | |
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| 0900 - 0930 | Arrival Tea & Coffee |
| Session 5 | |
| Chair: Sergio de Holanda Rocha, Monash University | |
| 0930 - 1030 | Domestic Trade Costs, Input Sourcing and the Value Added Content of Exports: Evidence from China's Inland Waterways |
| Presenter: Wenxiao Wang, University of Adelaide | |
| Discussant: Enze Xie, Zhejiang University | |
| 1030 - 1100 | Morning Break |
| Session 6 | |
| Chair: Phil McCalman, The University of Melbourne | |
| 1100 - 1200 | Trade Disruptions and the Organization of Supply Chains |
| Presenter: Sebastian Heise, Federal Reserve Bank of New York | |
| Discussant: Yuting Chen, Yokohama National University | |
| 1200 - 1300 | Lunch |
| Session 7 | |
| Chair: Reshad Ahsan, The University of Melbourne | |
| 1300 - 1400 | Global Spillovers of Environmental Policy: Evidence from Japan's Waste Exports |
| Presenter: Yusuke Kuroishi, Hitotsubashi University | |
| Discussant: Sergio de Holanda Rocha, Monash University | |
| 1400 - 1415 | Break |
| 1415 - 1515 | Market Liberalization and Firm-Level Adaptation: Intra-Firm Reallocation and Quality-Related Adjustment in Chinese Exports |
| Presenter: Wanting Ouyang, Korea University | |
| Discussant: Chenying Yang, Singapore Management University | |
| 1515 - 1545 | Afternoon Break |
| Session 8 | |
| Chair: Cong Pham, Deakin University | |
| 1545 - 1645 | Washing Away the US: Tariff Evasion Under China's Retaliatory Tariffs |
| Presenter: Enze Xie, Zhejiang University | |
| Discussant: Sifan Xue, Peking University | |
| Day 3: Saturday 25 July 2026 | |
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| 0900 - 0930 | Arrival Tea & Coffee |
| Session 9 | |
| Chair: Reshad Ahsan, The University of Melbourne | |
| 0930 - 1030 | Short-Run Boom, Long-Run Bust: The Dynamic Impact of U.S. Semiconductor Export Controls |
| Presenter: Sifan Xue, Peking University | |
| Discussant: Jaerim Choi, Yonsei University | |
| 1030 - 1100 | Morning Break |
| 1100 - 1200 | How Local Economics Recovered from Manufacturing Job Loss: The Case of China Shock |
| Presenter: Chen Liu, National University of Singapore | |
| Discussant: Jooyoun Park, Kent State University | |
| 1200 | Lunch (Invitation Only) |
| Adjourn Conference | |