The persistence of trade policy in China after WTO accession

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Garred, Jason
• 署名单位: University of Ottawa
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-1996
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2018.06.001
• 发表日期: 2018
• 页码: 130-142
• 关键词: china; WTO; Trade policy; TARIFFS; Export restrictions; Export taxes

摘要

Import tariffs have fallen steeply worldwide over the last several decades, but has trade policy persisted through a rise in the use of other instruments? I study this question in the context of China's 2001 accession to the World Trade Organization, using panel data on Chinese export policies. I find that after its entry into WTO, the distribution of China's export restrictions across industries increasingly resembles the inverse of its pre-WTO import tariff schedule. The evidence suggests that increases in export restrictions are likely to have partly restored China's pre-WTO trade policy. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.