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Chinese Exports and Non-Tariff Measures: Testing for Heterogeneous Effects at the Product Level

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  • Jacopo Timini

    (Banco de España)

  • Marina Conesa

    (Inter-American Development Bank)

Abstract

With international trade tariffs at historically low levels today, non-tariff measures (NTMs) play an important—and growing—role in global trade policy. Concerns about shifts in global trade policy agendas are on the rise. In this paper, we rely on a gravity model and focus on Chinese exports with two aims: the first is to test for heterogeneous effects of technical NTMs versus non-technical NTMs; the second is to verify whether the NTM’s effect is influenced by the type of good (final good vs. intermediate or capital good). We find that: 1) technical NTMs tend to have positive effects on trade flows, potentially driven by improvements in consumers’ confidence and by the technical capacities of Chinese exporters and 2) non-technical NTMs are particularly stringent for final goods, possibly due to political economy reasons or substitution effects.

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  • Jacopo Timini & Marina Conesa, 2019. "Chinese Exports and Non-Tariff Measures: Testing for Heterogeneous Effects at the Product Level," Journal of Economic Integration, Center for Economic Integration, Sejong University, vol. 34(2), pages 327-345.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:integr:0773
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    1. Jacopo Timini & Francesca Viani, 2022. "A highway across the Atlantic? Trade and welfare effects of the EU-Mercosur agreement," International Economics, CEPII research center, issue 169, pages 291-308.
    2. Dang Hai Luu & Craig R. Parsons, 2022. "Non‐tariff measures and Vietnam's export performance," Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, The Crawford School, The Australian National University, vol. 36(1), pages 88-104, May.
    3. Irfan Aleem & Bushra Faizi, 2021. "Non-tariff Measures, Overall Protection and Export Competitiveness: Evidence from Pakistan and Regional Countries," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 60(3), pages 251-282.
    4. Jacopo Timini & Nicola Cortinovis & Fernando López Vicente, 2020. "The heterogeneous effects of trade agreements with labor provisions (Updated March 2021)," Working Papers 2017, Banco de España, revised Mar 2021.
    5. Eduardo Gutiérrez & César Martín Machuca, 2021. "The effect of tariffs on Spanish goods exports," Working Papers 2121, Banco de España.
    6. Eduardo Gutiérrez Chacón & César Martín Machuca, 2019. "Tariff protectionist measures and Spanish goods exports," Economic Bulletin, Banco de España, issue DEC.
    7. Muhamad Rias K. V. Zainuddin & Tamat Sarmidi & Norlin Khalid, 2020. "Sustainable Production, Non-Tariff Measures, and Trade Performance in RCEP Countries," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(23), pages 1-12, November.

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    JEL classification:

    • F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade

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