Economics

Australia-PRC trade and investment developments: a timeline

December

Note: This factsheet is a live document which will be updated as and when notable developments in trade and investment occur. It was last updated on November 8 2021.

Australia's export mix, industrial base and economic resilience challenge

December

video summary of the report is available.

 

Executive Summary

Introduction

Australia–China relations through the frame of trade

December

Since 2017, the political and diplomatic relationship between Australia and China has seen better days; notably, in that, no Australian Prime Minister has been invited to China since 2016. Yet despite these tensions, the economic relationship remains strong. The traditional mainstay of the trading relationship (natural resources for manufactured goods) remains solid and has been joined by an increasing flow of services (tourism, education, and logistics).

Assessing the risks from Australia's economic exposure to China

December

COVID-19 and global supply chain configuration: Economic and emissions impacts of Australia-China trade disruptions

December

Economic shocks from COVID-19, coupled with ongoing US-China tensions, have raised debates around supply chain (or global value chain) organisation, with China at the centre of the storm. However, quantitative studies that consider the global and economy-wide impacts of rerouting supply chains are limited. This study examines the economic and emissions impacts of reorganising supply chains, using Australia-China trade as an example. It augments the Hypothetical Extraction Method by replacing traditional Input-Output analysis with a Computable General Equilibrium analysis.

Why pushing for an economic ‘alliance’ with the US to counter Chinese coercion would be a mistake

December

By James Laurenceson

Note: This article appeared in The Conversation on September 13 2021.

Key trade indicators table - August 2021

September 9, 2021

Australia’s export exposure to China: Assessing the costs of disruption

December

video summary of the working paper is available.

 

Executive Summary

Australia’s luck in handling Chinese trade coercion

December

By James Laurenceson

Note: This article appeared in the East Asia Forum on August 18 2021.

Perspectives | Implications of the new wave of nationalism in the People’s Republic of China for Australian companies

December

Perspectives is UTS:ACRI's commentary series, featuring a piece on a topical subject in the Australia-China relationship from an invited expert contributor. 

By Maggie Ying Jiang