The impact of international trade on China׳s industrial carbon emissions since its entry into WTO

As the world’s top carbon-emitting country, China has placed great emphasis on understanding the driving factors of carbon emissions and developing appropriate emissions reduction policies. Due to the obvious variations in carbon emissions among various industries in China, corresponding policies need to be formulated for different industries. Through data envelopment analysis, this study introduced the Shephard distance function into the logarithmic mean Divisia index (LMDI) for decomposition analysis, built a carbon emissions decomposition model of 23 industries in China during 2003–2015, and analyzed the impact of 10 factors driving carbon emissions. The main results are as follows. (1) Potential gross domestic production (GDP) is a crucial factor for increasing carbon emissions, whereas potential energy intensity and technological advances of carbon emissions have a significant inhibitory effect on carbon emissions; (2) the technological progress of energy usage and the technological advances of GDP output are manifested by inhibiting carbon emissions at the early stage of development and increasing emissions at the later stage; (3) the structure of coal-based energy consumption is difficult to change in the long term, resulting in a weak effect of energy mix on carbon emissions and an increase in carbon emissions due to the potential energy carbon intensity factor.

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The Impact of Trade Liberalization on the Environment: A Case Study of Fujian Province, China

Business Prospects ◽

10.52288/bp.27089851.2020.12.10 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 115-127

Author(s):

Qiao-Ling Jin ◽

Li Liu

Keyword(s):

International Trade ◽

Trade Liberalization ◽

Environmental Factor ◽

Carbon Emissions ◽

Rapid Development ◽

Factor Endowment ◽

Fujian Province ◽

Pollution Haven ◽

Embodied Carbon ◽

The Impact

With the rapid development of international trade and the continuous deterioration of the environment worldwide, the issue of impact of trade on energy consumption and pollution emissions has drawn widespread attention of the international community. Theoretical circles have different views on the impact of trade liberalization on the environment. The hypotheses of “Pollution Haven” and “Environmental Factor Endowment” are both representative theories. Based on the revised input-output model, this paper estimates the trade embodied carbon emissions of import and export commodities in Fujian Province from 2008 to 2016. The results show that Fujian Province is a net export region with implicit carbon emissions, and there is a significant pollution surplus in international trade. But because the embodied carbon pollution per unit of imports is greater than the embodied carbon pollution per unit of exports, the terms of trade for carbon emissions are less than 1. Therefore, the hypothesis of “Environmental Factor Endowment” can explain the environmental impact of Fujian’s trade liberalization better than the “Pollution Haven”.

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Exploring the Impact of International Trade on Carbon Emissions: New Evidence from China’s 282 Cities

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13168968 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (16) ◽

pp. 8968

Author(s):

Jing Wang ◽

Jie Li

Keyword(s):

International Trade ◽

Carbon Emissions ◽

Fixed Effects ◽

Linear Regression Analysis ◽

Generalized Least Squares ◽

Threshold Value ◽

High Tech ◽

Export Trade ◽

Import And Export ◽

The Impact

Carbon emissions (CE) reduction has been an important measure to control global warming. With the deepening of internationalization, the import and export trade can have a significant influence on CE. In this study, the panel data of 282 cities in China from 2003 to 2016 were employed, and linear regression analysis with fixed effects, feasible generalized least squares and Driscoll–Kraay estimators were performed to assess the separate impacts of import and export trade on CE. The results show that there is a positive correlation between imports and CE, while the relationship is contrary for exports. The panel threshold regression method was further used for regression, and it found that there was one threshold value for gross domestic product (GDP) and two threshold values for gross industrial output (GIO) in the model. According to the division of threshold value, the impact of import trade on CE will turn from positive to negative, while the impact of export trade on reducing CE will be further enhanced. The structure of China’s import and export trade are used to illustrate the underlying mechanism of the different effects. For controlling CE in international trade, China should import more high-tech products to upgrade high-emission industries, and reduce the proportion of labor-intensive products exported.

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International trade: Research of the reasons for the fall

Voprosy Ekonomiki ◽

10.32609/0042-8736-2019-1-79-91 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 79-91 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

V. S. Nazarov ◽

S. S. Lazaryan ◽

I. V. Nikonov ◽

A. I. Votinov

Keyword(s):

Growth Rate ◽

International Trade ◽

Exchange Rate ◽

Global Economy ◽

Structural Changes ◽

Global Value Chains ◽

Value Chains ◽

Negative Contribution ◽

Basic Commodity ◽

The Impact

The article assesses the impact of various factors on the growth rate of international trade. Many experts interpreted the cross-border flows of goods decline against the backdrop of a growing global economy as an alarming sign that indicates a slowdown in the processes of globalization. To determine the reasons for the dynamics of international trade, the decompositions of its growth rate were carried out and allowed to single out the effect of the dollar exchange rate, the commodities prices and global value chains on the change in the volume of trade. As a result, it was discovered that the most part of the dynamics of international trade is due to fluctuations in the exchange rate of the dollar and prices for basic commodity groups. The negative contribution of trade within global value chains in 2014 was also revealed. During the investigated period (2000—2014), such a picture was observed only in the crisis periods, which may indicate the beginning of structural changes in the world trade.

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The impact of exchange rate on price and export of agricultural production

American Journal of Economics and Business Management ◽

10.31150/ajebm.vol1.iss4.37 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (4) ◽

pp. 9-18

Author(s):

Rasulov Tulkin Sattarovich ◽

Khushvaktov Kuvonchbek Ravshanovich

Keyword(s):

International Trade ◽

Exchange Rate ◽

Agricultural Production ◽

Global Economy ◽

Agricultural Economics ◽

Agricultural Products ◽

Pivotal Role ◽

Price Formation ◽

International Trade Laws ◽

The Impact

In today’s world of swiftly increasing global economy and continuously changing international trade laws and technology exchange rate plays a pivotal role in the production, price formation, export and import of agricultural products. For many years exchange rate as an integral part of agricultural economics has been ignored. The present study was intended to investigate exchange rate as an impacting factor on the agricultural production. It also considers the researches that have been carried about the impact of the exchange rate on prices and export of agricultural products, theirs analyses and how much impact it has in the situation of Uzbekistan.

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