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TheCentreofPolicyStudies
CentreofPolicyStudies
Building11E
MonashUniversity
Clayton,Victoria3800
Australia
Webaddress:
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ABNNo12377614012
ContactpersonsattheCentreofPolicyStudies:
DrYinhuaMAIProfessorPhilipADAMS
SeniorResearchFellowDirector
Tel:
61-3-99055482Tel:
61-3-99055094
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yinhua.mai@buseco.monash.edu.auphilip.adams@buseco.monash.edu.au
ContactsinChina
DrMingtaiFANProfessorRonglinLI
InstituteofQuan.&
Tech.EconomicsInstituteofinternationalEconomics
ChineseAcademyofSocialSciencesNankaiUniversity
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AcronymsandInitials
CGEComputableGeneralEquilibrium
CoPSCentreofPolicyStudies
DFATDepartmentofForeignAffairsandTrade,Australia
FTAFreeTradeAgreement
GDPGrossDomesticProduct
GNEGrossNationalExpenditure
GNPGrossNationalProduct
GTAPGlobalTradeAnalysisProject
MMCMonashMulti-Country
MOFCOMMinistryofCommerce,People’sRepublicofChina
necnotelsewhereclassified
ROWRestOftheWorld
WTOWorldTradeOrganisation
TableofContents
Executivesummaryiii
1.Introduction1
2.GrowingeconomicpartnershipbetweenAustraliaandChina3
2.1China’sdemandforAustralianagriculturalandmineralproducts3
2.2Two-waytradeinmanufacturingproducts4
2.3Cooperationintheservicessector4
2.4Deepeningpartnershipinthefuture5
3.TradeandinvestmentbarriersbetweenAustraliaandChina6
3.1Borderprotectiononmerchandisetrade7
3.2Restrictionsoninvestmentflows10
3.2.1Australia’sforeigninvestmentregime10
3.2.2China’sforeigninvestmentregime10
3.3Restrictionsontradeinservices11
4.Removingborderprotectiononmerchandiseimports13
4.1GDPandVolumesofTrade13
4.2RealwagesandEmploymentintheLong-run14
4.3WelfareeffectsandtheTermsofTrade15
4.4Industryoutput16
4.5Industryemployment17
5.Facilitatingbilateralinvestmentflows18
6.Servicetradeliberalisation21
7.AggregateeffectsofAustralia-ChinaFTA23
7.1Macroeconomicimpacts23
7.2Industryimpacts24
7.3Labourmarketadjustment25
7.3.1Australia–Wearingapparel25
7.3.2Australia–motorvehiclesandparts26
7.3.3China–Agriculture26
7.3.4China-mining26
7.3.5China-services27
8.Fasterversusslowerliberalisation27
9.ImpactonRestoftheWorld28
10.Concludingremarks28
References30
AppendixA.Themodellingframework–MMC32
Overview:
Economicagentsandthenatureofthemarkets33
CGECore:
Demandsforinputstobeusedintheproductionofcommodities33
Householddemands34
Inputstoinvestment34
Governments'
demandsforcommodities34
Internationaltrade34
Factormarkets35
Physicalcapitalaccumulation35
Modelclosure35
Solutionsoftware36
Executivesummary
1.In2002AustraliaandChinaestablishedaTradeandEconomicFrameworktoenhancebilateraltradeandinvestment.Undertheframework,ajointfeasibilitystudyofapossibleAustralia-ChinaFreeTradeAgreement(FTA)isbeingconducted.
2.TheCentreofPolicyStudieswascommissionedbytheAustralianDepartmentofForeignAffairsandTradetoconductmodellinganalysisonthepotentialbenefitsofanAustralia-ChinaFTA.ThestudywasundertakenjointlywithexpertsfromtheChineseAcademyofSocialSciencesandNankaiUniversity.
3.InthisstudywesimulatethreeaspectsofanFTA:
removalofborderprotectiononmerchandisetrade,investmentliberalisation,andremovalofbarrierstoservicestrade.Theanalyticalframeworkisamulti-country,multi-sectorcomputablegeneralequilibriummodel,theMonash-Multi-Countrymodel.InoursimulationweassumethattheimplementationofpolicychangesundertheFTAcommencesin2006.
4.InsimulatingtheimpactsofpolicychangesunderanFTA,wefirstsimulateabusiness-as-usualscenario(orbaseline).ThebaselinedescribestheevolutionoftheAustralianandChineseeconomiesintheabsenceofanAustralia-ChinaFTA.TheeffectsofthepolicychangesundertheFTAarereportedaschangesrelativetobaselinelevels.
5.FromourmodellingweconcludethatforbothAustraliaandChinatheFTAyieldsincreasedoutputandiswelfareenhancing.TheFTAisestimatedtoboostthepresentvalue(seeFigure7.1onpage42)ofrealGrossDomesticProduct(GDP)andrealGrossNationalProduct(GNP)between2006and2015asfollows:
∙AustraliarealGDP,US$18billion;
∙ChinarealGDP,US$64billion;
∙AustraliarealGNP,US$22billion;
and
∙ChinarealGNP,US$52billion.
6.Intermsofaverageannualgrowthratesbetween2005and2015,theFTAisestimatedtoincreaseAustralia’sreal-GDPgrowthby0.039percentagepoints;
andincreaseChina’sreal-GDPgrowthby0.042percentagepoints.
7.RealGDPincreasesinbothcountriesduetoincreasedcapital,improvedproductivityandbetterutilisationofresources.AkeyfactorunderlyingtheincreaseinAustralia’srealGNPisanimprovedtermsoftrade.
8.TheFTAenhancestheeconomicpartnershipbetweenAustraliaandChinabyincreasingbilateraltradeandinvestmentflows.Itisalsotradecreatingfortheworldasawhole.ThevolumeofworldimportsincreasesfromitsbaselinelevelasaresultoftheAustralia-ChinaFTA.
9.Inachievingabetterutilisationofresources,adjustmentoflabourbetweensectorsdoesoccur,largelyduetotheremovalofborderprotectiononmerchandisetrade.However,duetothecomplementaritiesofthetwocountries,suchreallocationoflabourbetweensectorstendstofacilitatethenaturalcourseofadjustmentalreadyoccurringinthetwocountries.Furthermore,suchadjustmentissmallinscalecomparedwithwhatisoccurringinthetwocountriesamidglobalisationwithoutanFTA.
10.TheAustralianindustriesthatbenefitmostfromtheFTAarecerealgrains,wool,wooltops,minerals,andnon-ferrousmetals.TheChineseindustriesthatbenefitmostfromtheFTAaremanufacturingindustries,especiallytextiles,wearingapparel,andmiscellaneousmanufactures(toysandsportinggoodsetc).ServicessectorinbothcountriesbenefitfromtheFTA.
11.Ifthepolicychangesareimplementedgraduallybetween2006and2010,thelong-runeffectsoftheFTAin2015aresimilartothosefromfullimplementationin2006.However,fasterimplementationleadstoearlierdeliveryofthegainsforbothcountries.Asaresult,thepresentvaluesofgainsinrealGDPandrealGNParesmallerwithslowerimplementation.
1.Introduction
TheCentreofPolicyStudies(CoPS)wascommissionedbytheDepartmentofForeignAffairsandTrade(DFAT)toconductamodel-basedstudyintotheeconomicimpactsofaFreeTradeAgreement(FTA)betweenAustraliaandChina.ThestudywasundertakenjointlywithexpertsfromChineseAcademyofSocialSciencesandNankaiUniversity.
ThestudyisbasedonsimulationsundertakenwiththeMONASHMulti-CountryModel(MMC)ofAustralia,ChinaandtheRestOftheWorld(ROW)developedatCoPS.MMCfeatures:
∙Dynamicmechanismsthatallowthetime-pathofeffectsofashock,suchastheimplementationofanFTA,tobeanalysedoveranumberofyears;
∙Anindustrystructure(seeTable1.1)thatallowstheindustrialimpactsofanFTAtobeanalysedinconsiderabledetail;
∙ArealisticbaselineconsistentwiththeviewsofexpertforecasterssuchastheWorldBankandtheInternationalMonetaryFund.
∙Specificaccountingfortradeflowsbetweencountriesthatallowsforthesimulationofremovingborderprotectiononbilateralimports;
∙Specificaccountingforbilateralinvestmentflowsthatallowsforthesimulationofinvestmentliberalisation,aswellastheliberalisationofservicestradeofthecommercial-presencetype(definedinBox1.1below).
Box1.1Fourmodesoftradeinservices
AccordingtotheWorldTradeOrganisation(WTO),tradeinserviceshasfourmodes:
cross-bordersupply–servicessuppliedfromonecountrytoanother(e.g.internationaltelephonecalls);
consumptionabroad–consumersfromonecountrymakinguseofaserviceinanothercountry(e.g.tourism);
commercialpresence–acompanyfromonecountrysettingupsubsidiariesorbranchestoprovideservicesinanothercountry(e.g.abankfromonecountrysettingupoperationsinanothercountry);
andmovementofnaturalpersons–individualstravellingfromtheirowncountrytosupplyservicesinanother(e.g.anactressorconstructionworker).
Inthisreporttheexplanationofresultsarepresentedinanon-technicalmannersoastobereadilycomprehensibletoreadersunfamiliarwiththeMMCmodel.AbrieftechnicaldescriptionofthemodelisgiveninAppendixA.
ThemodellingcoverssimulationsofthefollowingthreeaspectsoftradeliberalisationunderanFTA:
∙theremovalofexistingbarriers(tariffandnon-tariff)totradeingoodsbetweenAustraliaandChina;
∙theliberalisationofinvestmentflowsbetweenAustraliaandChina;
∙tradeliberalizationinserv
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