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On the time-varying impact of China’s bilateral political relations on its trading partners: “doux commerce” or “trade follows the flag”?

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  • Antonio Afonso
  • Valérie Mignon
  • Jamel Saadaoui

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We assess the impact of China’s bilateral political relations with three main trading partners—the US, Germany, and the UK—on current account balances and exchange rates, over the 1960Q1- 2022Q4 period. Relying on the lag-augmented VAR approach with time-varying Granger causality tests, we find that political relationships with China strongly matter in explaining the dynamics of current accounts and exchange rates, supporting the “trade follows the flag” view. Such relationships cause the evolution of the exchange rate (except in the UK) and the current account; these causal links being time-varying for the US and the UK and robust over the entire period for Germany. These findings suggest that policymakers should account for bilateral political relationships to understand the global macroeconomic consequences of political tensions.

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  • Antonio Afonso & Valérie Mignon & Jamel Saadaoui, 2024. "On the time-varying impact of China’s bilateral political relations on its trading partners: “doux commerce” or “trade follows the flag”?," Working Papers of BETA 2024-17, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg.
    • Handle: RePEc:ulp:sbbeta:2024-17
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    Keywords

    Political relations; time-varying causality; lag-augmented vector autoregression; China.;
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    JEL classification:

    • C22 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes
    • F51 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - International Conflicts; Negotiations; Sanctions
    • Q41 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Demand and Supply; Prices

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