IMF Conference on Global Implications of China's Trade, Investment and Growth
International Monetary Fund, HQ1 Room 2-530
Washington, DC, Friday, April 6, 2007
April 6, 2007
China's emergence as a leading international investor and exporter has changed the world economy substantially. This conference, sponsored by the IMF's Research Department, will focus on China's increasingly important role as an engine of growth in Asia and China, and the nature of its tremendous growth in trade and investment over the last 20 years.
The conference is open to the public. To obtain (registration and) conference information, please send an e-mail with your name and affiliation to chinaconf@imf.org. The deadline for public registration is Wednesday, April 4, 2007. In case the requests exceed the space available for this event, they will be processed in order they are received.
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Program
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| 8:30-9:00 am | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00-9:15 am | Opening Remarks Timothy Lane (Senior Advisor, Research Department, IMF) |
| 9:15-10:45 am | Patterns of Trade Expansion |
| An Anatomy of China's Export Growth Mary Amiti (Federal Reserve Bank of New York) and Caroline Freund (IMF) Discussant: Chong Xiang (Purdue University) |
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| The Relative Sophistication of Chinese Exports Peter Schott (Yale University) Discussant: Caroline Freund (IMF) |
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| 10:45-11:15 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:15-12:45 pm | Global Factors that Promote or Impede the Expansion Chair: Mark Allen (Director, Policy Development and Review Department) |
| Multinationals and the Creation of Chinese Trade Linkages Deborah Swenson (University of California, Davis) Discussant: Beata Javorcik (World Bank) |
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| China's Export Growth and the China Safeguard: Threats to the World Trading System Chad Bown (Brandeis University) and Meredith Crowley (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago) Discussant: Michael Moore (George Washington University) |
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| 1:00–2:30 pm |
Luncheon (by separate invitation only) Venue: IMF HQ1 2nd-floor Gallery Introduction to the Luncheon Speaker: Simon Johnson, Economic Counsellor and Director of Research Department (IMF) Luncheon Address: John Lipsky, First Deputy Managing Director (IMF) |
| 2:30 to 4:00pm | Consumption, Investment and Growth Chair: Jonathan Ostry (Deputy Director, Research Department) |
| China's Role as Engine and Conduit of Growth Shaghil Ahmed. et. al. (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) Discussant: Jahangir Aziz (IMF/APD) |
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| Das (Wasted) Kapital: Firm Ownership and Investment Efficiency in China David Dollar (World Bank) and Shang-Jin Wei (IMF) Discussant: Francesco Giavazzi (University of Bocconi and MIT) |
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| 4:00 to 4:20 pm | Coffee Break |
| 4:20-5:50 pm | Implications for Other Economies Chair: Steven Dunaway (Deputy Director, Asia Pacific Department) |
| Measuring the Vertical Specialization in Chinese Trade Judith Dean, K.C. Fung and Zhi Wang (U.S. International Trade Commission) Discussant: Kei-Mu Yi (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia) |
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| Is China Changing its Stripes? The Shifting Structure of China's External Trade and Its Implications Li Cui and Murtaza Husain Syed (IMF) Discussant: K.C. Fung (University of California, Santa Cruz) |
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| 5:50 pm | Conference Adjourns |
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The conference is organized by the Trade and Investment Division of the Research Department. Conference coordinator: Zhiwei Zhang (zzhang@imf.org). For help with logistics, please contact Patricia Medina: (202) 623-4619, pmedina@imf.org. |
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