Online Australasian Seminar in International Economics (OASIS)
Deakin University, James Cook University, Melbourne University, Monash University, University of Auckland
Online Australasian Seminar in International Economics (OASIS)
Deakin University, James Cook University, Melbourne University, Monash University, University of Auckland
Welcome to the OASIS! OASIS is co-organized by A/Professor Reshad Ahsan, Professor Phillip McCalman, Dr. Krisztina Orbán, Dr. Cong S. Pham, Dr. Maria Ptashkina, A/Professor Laura Puzzello, A/Professor Asha Sundaram, Dr. Haiping Zhang, and Professor Sizhong Sun.
This is a seminar series on international economics-related topics for economists based in Australia and New Zealand and invited international speakers from around the world.
The format of the seminar is a 60-minute talk followed by a 15-minute Q&A. Unless otherwise specified, seminars will take place on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month. To convert the AEST or NZST time to your time zone, please click here.
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UPCOMING OASIS SEMINAR:
April 22, Time 10:00 AEST (12:00 NZST)
Speaker: Enze Xie (Zhejiang University)
Title: Washing Away the US: Tariff Evasion Under China’s Retaliatory Tariffs
Abstract:
This paper examines tariff evasion in response to China’s retaliatory tariffs during the US-China trade war, highlighting the role of origin misreporting. Using bilateral trade data at the HS 6-digit level, this paper documents a systematic divergence between US-reported exports to China and China-reported imports from the US following the tariff shock, consistent with intensified evasion behavior. Decomposing the evasion channels, this paper provides novel and systematic evidence on a previously underexplored evasion channel: misreporting of country of origin to exploit differential tariff treatment across origins, alongside traditional channels of quantity underreporting and product misclassification. Furthermore, only China’s statutory tariff-exclusion policy can offset tariff evasion, while the market-based tariff-exclusion policy doesn't work, emphasizing the importance of informational and application friction in trade policy design. Our findings suggest that aggregate bilateral trade data may overstate the extent of genuine US-China decoupling and production reallocation, as part of the adjustment reflects origin misreporting.
PROGRAM - 2026 - Semester 1
April 22, Time 10:00 AEST (12:00 NZST)
Enze Xie (Zhejiang University)
Title: Washing Away the US: Tariff Evasion Under China’s Retaliatory Tariffs
April 8, Time 10:00 AEST (12:00 NZST)
Title: Exclusions for Sale? Tariff Exclusions in the US-China Trade War
March 11, Time 10:00 AEDT (12:00 NZDT)
Alina Mulyukova (Georg-August-University of Göttingen)
Title: Services Liberalization and Product Variety of Manufacturing Firms. Evidence from India
Feburary 25, Time 10:00 AEDT (12:00 NZDT)
Pablo Fajgelbaum (UCLA Economics)
Title: Strategic Trade Infrastructure: Understanding China’s Belt and Road Initiative
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