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Vietnames e agriculture and global integration. David Vanzetti and Pham Lan Huong Australian National University and independent consultant. National CGE Workshop Melbourne, 7 th October 2013. Integration and structural adjustment.
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Vietnamese agriculture and global integration David Vanzetti and Pham Lan Huong Australian National University and independent consultant National CGE Workshop Melbourne, 7th October 2013
Integration and structural adjustment • Vietnam is signing up to bilateral, regional and multilateral trade agreements • Structural adjustment • the movement of factors of production (capital, labour and land) between sectors. • Declining sectors? • Unemployment of factors, particularly labour?
Objectives • Economic integration (four FTAs) • Assess macro and sectoral impacts • Identify need for structural adjustment
Global general equilibrium model • GTAP • Version 8, base 2007 • Bilateral trade and tariffs (2010) • Includes preferential tariffs (needed for FTAs) • Whole economy • Includes resource (land, labour, capital, natural resources) constraints • Limitation - each country: one region, one household
Scenarios • Four FTAs • AFTA • China • Korea • Japan • All simultaneously • Each FTA without exemptions
Methodology • Based on negotiated FTA schedules • Specify bilateral tariff cuts for 5113 products • Aggregate (trade weighted) to 24 sectors by 19 regions using TASTE • Specify baseline growth assumptions • Specify labour and capital market assumptions • Simulate • Report
Exemptions • Scheduled tariff cuts have exemptions for sensitive products • Few in number but cover large volume of trade • These differ by partner • Specify HS 6 level tariff cuts (5113 products) from bilateral applied tariff schedules as negotiated
Reported results • Welfare (national income) • Imports • Exports • Employment and wage rates • Tariff revenue • Sectoral effects (production and trade)
Baseline Schematic representation. Not to scale.
Change in FTA tariffs on Vietnam’s exports Source. GTAP 2010.
Results • Macro • Welfare • Exports • Imports • Tariff revenue • Real wages • Agricultural sector • Output • Exports • Imports
Vietnam welfare gainsin 2017 relative to 2012 Income growth important
Vietnam trade impactsin 2017 relative to base Growth in imports exceed imports
Welfare with and without exemptionsin 2017 relative to base Japanese rice tariffs
Real wagesin 2017 relative to base Fixed employment for skilled labour
Agricultural sector impacts • Output • Exports • Imports • Use of land, labour and capital • Factor prices
Change in outputin 2017 relative to 2012 Textiles Cassava
Change in exportsin 2017 relative to 2012 Switch to cassava from other crops
Change in importsin 2017 relative to 2012 Feed. Processed agriculture.
Use of factors in agricultureChange in 2017 relative to 2012
Summary of macro results • Income growth important. Changes implemented against background of expanding economy • Positive welfare effects (national income) from FTAs • Real wage increases • Tariff revenue reduced somewhat • Trade balance negative
Policy implications • Income growth depends on capital (macro policy) • Non-tariff barriers still exist, and may increase • Structural adjustment manageable • Need flexible land, labourand capital markets • WTO virtually completed. No further tariff cuts • Ignored here other FTAs, such as EU, Trans Pacific Partnership, Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership