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Pandemic (COVID-19) Policy Regional Cooperation and the Emerging Global Production Network

Pandemic (COVID-19) Policy Regional Cooperation and the Emerging Global Production Network
Date:
17 April 2020
Authors:
Fukunari Kimura, Shandre Mugan Thangavelu, Dionisius A. Narjoko, Christopher Findlay
Tags:
ASEAN, Regulation and Governance, global value chains, disasters

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In this paper, we explore the possible policy responses to the pandemic shock as well as the related economic (financial crisis) shocks on trade and global value chains (GVCs) in East Asia. We find that regional policy coordination is critical to mitigate and isolate the pandemic shock. It is important to identify the pandemic events early to flatten the pandemic curve at the national and regional level. This supports a recent study by the World Bank (2020) which highlights the importance of early mitigation policies during the pandemic shock. The cost of the pandemic and economic shocks increases significantly when several countries in the region experience the systemic pandemic shock concurrently. In this case, flattening the regional pandemic curve becomes important. The results also indicate the need for greater coordination in East Asia to mitigate the pending economic shock in terms of unemployment, corporate bankruptcy, and financial market fragility. The paper also highlights that the stability of the GVC network is critical during the pandemic in terms of hedging the risk of disruptions to the procurement of critical medical and health products as well as the stability of the services linkages to manufacturing, such as the logistics sector. Regional policy coordination and the stability of GVCs are valuable in the post-pandemic recovery of the region.

Pandemic (COVID-19) Policy Regional Cooperation and the Emerging Global Production Network

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