Local Content Requirements

As anti-globalization and geopolitical tensions continue to rise, the use of Local Content Requirements (LCRs) around the world has become more noticeable than ever before.

Lili Yan Ing is a lead advisor (Southeast Asia Region) at the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA). She also serves as secretary general of the International Economic Association (IEA). Gene M. Grossman is the Jacob Viner Professor of International Economics in the Department of Economics and the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.

Contents List of figures List of tables List of contributors Acknowledgements 1. Introduction Gene M. Grossman and Lili Yan Ing 2. Localisation Measures: A Global Perspective Dorothee Flaig and Susan F. Stone 3. Local Content Policies in the Mining Sector Jane Korinek and Paulo De Sa 4. The Unintended Consequences of High Regional Content Requirements Keith Head, Thierry Mayer, and Marc Melitz 5. Local Content Requirement Policies in China and Their Impacts on Domestic Value Added in Exports Kun Cai and Zhi Wang 6. Indonesia's Local Content Requirements with its Trade and Investment Commitments Michelle Limenta, Lili Yan Ing, Junianto James Losari, and Oscar Fernando 7. The Effects of Local Content Requirements on Trade: The Case of Indonesia Yessi Vadila and David Christian 8. Quantifying the Impacts of LCRs on Firms: Evidence from Indonesia Lili Yan Ing and Rui Zhang Index