Global Value Chains (GVCs) in East Asia During the COVID-19 Pandemic – The Perspective of Japan

• Authors: Sebastian Bobowski , Bogusława Drelich-Skulska

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Globalne łańcuchy wartości (GŁW) w Azji Wschodniej w dobie pandemii COVID-19 – perspektywa Japonii

Abstracts

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Globalne łańcuchy wartości (GŁW) stały się nieodłącznym atrybutem krajobrazu gospodarczego Azji Wschodniej, jednym z kluczowych filarów procesów integracji regionalnej i międzynarodowego podziału pracy opartego na fragmentacji i specjalizacji. Głównym celem artykułu jest scharakteryzowanie wpływu pandemii COVID-19 na GŁW w Azji Wschodniej z perspektywy Japonii z wykorzystaniem miesięcznych statystyk handlowych 2020-2021. Opracowanie wskazuje na krótkoterminowy destrukcyjny wpływ na statystyki handlowe z perspektywą poprawy, jednak pod warunkiem stopniowego wygaszania pandemii, efektywnego wykorzystania koncesji Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) w celu pobudzenia handlu GŁW oraz lepszej koordynacji na poziomie regionu w zakresie odpowiedzi na przyszłe kryzysy zdrowotne. Analizie statystycznej towarzyszy analiza krytyczna literatury przedmiotu. Artykuł przedstawia aktualny obraz statystyczny wpływu pandemii COVID-19 na handel wewnątrz RCEP wraz z odniesieniami do prawnych i instytucjonalnych aspektów reakcji poszczególnych krajów na kryzys zdrowotny.

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GVCs have become an inherent component of the economic landscape of East Asia, one of the key pillars of the regional integration processes and division of labour based on fragmentation and specialisation. The main objective of the paper was to describe the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on GVCs in East Asia from the perspective of Japan, using monthly trade statistics for 2020-2021. The paper indicates the short-term disruptive impact on trade statistics with the prospect of improvement, however, under conditions of the gradual phasing out of the pandemic, the effective utilisation of RCEP concessions to boost GVC trade, and with the better coordination of the regional response to future health crises. Statistical analysis is accompanied by critical analysis of literature in the field of research. The paper delivers the current statistical picture of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on intra-RCEP trade, accompanied by references to legal and institutional aspects of the response of individual countries to health crisis.

Keywords

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global value chains (GVCs); COVID-19 pandemic; Japan

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globalne łańcuchy wartości; pandemia COVID-19; Japonia

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
• Journal: Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 66
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 1-13

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Sebastian Bobowski

• Wroclaw University of Economics and Business

author

Bogusława Drelich-Skulska

• Wroclaw University of Economics and Business

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15611/pn.2022.1.01

Biblioteka Nauki

2050111