Sino-Swiss Competence Center (SSCC) - Sino-Swiss FTA Analysis
Type
applied research project
Start Date
May 12, 2017
Status
ongoing
Description
The Sino-Swiss Competence Center (SSCC) is a bilateral academic platform project with a mandate to support the development of the academic, business and economic relationship between the two countries.
The Sino-Swiss relationship has hardly reached its full potential and SSCC aims to contribute to strengthening these ties by becoming a platform for academic knowledge creation relevant for practice and thus support to managers, decision-makers and policy-makers.
The first project is the Sino-Swiss FTA Academic Report. There is a generally widespread consensus in economics that aggregate trade increases welfare. At the same time, our world is switching narratives. In a de-globalization context, the Sino-Swiss Free Trade Agreement (SSFTA) might seem modest. However, it is also a promising instrument that points to a promising path forward at a time when multilateral negotiations appear less fruitful in achieving unobstructed trade. The first aim of this report is to shed light on the SSFTA experiment by providing a research based assessment of the trade agreement.
The first [Sino-Swiss Free Trade Agreement – 2018 Academic Evaluation Report] (in Chinese中国-瑞士自由贸易协定 – 2018 评估报告 ) was the result of 18 months of research by a team of academics affiliated with UIBE (WTO Institute), Nanjing University (School of Economics), and at the University of St.Gallen with the Swiss Institute for International Economics (SIAW) and the Institute of International Management Research (FIM).
The SSCC project wishes to fulfil its aim at establishment and engage in an academic Sino-Swiss dialogue covering all Sino-Swiss stakeholders, such
as firms trading and investing, business associations and policy-makers.
The Sino-Swiss relationship has hardly reached its full potential and SSCC aims to contribute to strengthening these ties by becoming a platform for academic knowledge creation relevant for practice and thus support to managers, decision-makers and policy-makers.
The first project is the Sino-Swiss FTA Academic Report. There is a generally widespread consensus in economics that aggregate trade increases welfare. At the same time, our world is switching narratives. In a de-globalization context, the Sino-Swiss Free Trade Agreement (SSFTA) might seem modest. However, it is also a promising instrument that points to a promising path forward at a time when multilateral negotiations appear less fruitful in achieving unobstructed trade. The first aim of this report is to shed light on the SSFTA experiment by providing a research based assessment of the trade agreement.
The first [Sino-Swiss Free Trade Agreement – 2018 Academic Evaluation Report] (in Chinese中国-瑞士自由贸易协定 – 2018 评估报告 ) was the result of 18 months of research by a team of academics affiliated with UIBE (WTO Institute), Nanjing University (School of Economics), and at the University of St.Gallen with the Swiss Institute for International Economics (SIAW) and the Institute of International Management Research (FIM).
The SSCC project wishes to fulfil its aim at establishment and engage in an academic Sino-Swiss dialogue covering all Sino-Swiss stakeholders, such
as firms trading and investing, business associations and policy-makers.
Leader contributor(s)
Partner(s)
University of International Business and Economics (UIBE)
Nanjing University
Funder
Topic(s)
Sino-Swiss bilateral business and economic relationship
Free trade agreements (FTA)
Foreign direct investments (FDA)
Method(s)
The research has benefited from a cross-disciplinary analysis. The centrepiece of the first book is the economic impact and the utilization analysis
which examine the extent to which the FTA is utilized by firms and created more bilateral trade.
A survey of Chinese and Swiss firms
A survey of Chinese and Swiss firms
which will be conducted over the next 3 years
seeks to address the firm-level perspective on the FTA.
The project also includes diverse insights that contextualize the FTA
The project also includes diverse insights that contextualize the FTA
including the all-important policy-making perspective.
Notes
In 2017 for the preparatory work the St.Gallen Bodensee Association (SGBA) and the Sino Swiss Science and Technology Cooperation Programme (SSSTC) supported with CHF 15,000 and CHF 20,000.
In 2018 the Canton of St.Gallen and SGBA provided in kind support valued at CHF 30,000 for the September 26, SSCC SSFTA launch event in St.Gallen.
The references for the first report are:
Casas, Tomas, Jian Han, Stefan Legge, Yue Lu, Xinquan Tu, Patrick
Ziltener, eds., (2018). Sino-Swiss FTA – 2018 Academic Evaluation
Report. Basel: MDPI. ISBN 978-3-03897-224-2
ISBN 978-3-03897-225-9 (print)
DOI 10.3390/books978-3-03897-224-2
In 2018 the Canton of St.Gallen and SGBA provided in kind support valued at CHF 30,000 for the September 26, SSCC SSFTA launch event in St.Gallen.
The references for the first report are:
Casas, Tomas, Jian Han, Stefan Legge, Yue Lu, Xinquan Tu, Patrick
Ziltener, eds., (2018). Sino-Swiss FTA – 2018 Academic Evaluation
Report. Basel: MDPI. ISBN 978-3-03897-224-2
ISBN 978-3-03897-225-9 (print)
DOI 10.3390/books978-3-03897-224-2
Range
HSG + other universities
Range (De)
HSG + andere
Principal
FIM-HSG
Eprints ID
247699
Funding code
sscc01