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Is the COVID-19 Pandemic Recasting Global Value Chains in East Asia?

COVID-19, East Asia, global value chains, Trade

Is the COVID-19 Pandemic Recasting Global Value Chains in East Asia?

This paper assesses how the current COVID-19 pandemic is shaping global value chains in East Asia after the formidable disruptions inflicted by the health crisis. Some have expressed the view that global value chains would readjust and production processes would move home, i.e. reshoring, facilitated by the recent movement of protectionism measures in the post-pandemic world. We evaluate such concerns and examine the role of policy with a focus on non-tariff measures in East Asia.

This research was conducted as a part of the project ‘ERIA Research on COVID-19’ at the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA).

Is the COVID-19 Pandemic Recasting Global Value Chains in East Asia?

Date

06 July 2021

Category

COVID-19 , Trade

Author

Nobuaki Yamashita, Kiichiro Fukasaku

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