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Implications of World Trade Organisation accession for China’s agricultural trade patterns
Author(s) -
Carter Colin A.,
Li Xianghong
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
australian journal of agricultural and resource economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.683
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1467-8489
pISSN - 1364-985X
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8489.00174
Subject(s) - agriculture , china , international trade , trade barrier , comparative advantage , accession , world trade , revealed comparative advantage , economic integration , business , economics , international free trade agreement , intra industry trade , international economics , geography , archaeology , european union
This paper examines the composition of China’s international trade from 1980 to 1997, with a focus on agriculture and a view towards understanding agriculture’s changing trade structure relative to other sectors. We analyse the time series behaviour of individually traded goods at the Standard Industrial Trade Classification three‐digit level, categorised into three groups: agricultural commodities, ‘other’ primary commodities and manufactures. We find that China’s agricultural trade has expanded along comparative advantage lines in only a very modest way, suggesting that World Trade Organization membership will have a large impact on China’s agricultural trade patterns.