Today, we’re fortunate to have Willem Thorbecke, Senior Fellow at Japan’s Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) as a guest contributor. The views expressed represent those of the author himself, and do not necessarily represent those of RIETI, or any other institutions the author is affiliated with.

President Trump imposed tariffs on imports from China that rose to 145% by April 9th.  Then on April 11th he exempted imports of smartphones, computers, semiconductor devices, and other electronics imports from these tariffs.  The White House said the exemptions were granted to give time to move factories back to the U.S. How do tariffs affect electronics exports and how could production be relocated to the U.S?

Investigating How Tariffs Affect China’s Electronics Exports

In recent work with Chen Chen and Nimesh Salike, we investigate how tariffs affect China’s electronics exports. To do this we use the methodology of Bénassy-Quéré

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