Trans-Pacific Tariff Barriers: a Case Study of Five Asia-Pacific Developing Countries and Canada

doi:10.1080/17538963.2014.928975

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	Trans-Pacific Tariff Barriers: a Case Study of Five Asia-Pacific Developing Countries and Canada
	Chen, Bo
刊名	CHINA ECONOMIC JOURNAL
	2014
卷号	7 期号:2 页码:251-260
关键词	trade restrictiveness index demand elasticities deadweight loss (DWL)
ISSN号	1753-8963
DOI	10.1080/17538963.2014.928975
英文摘要	Though the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is believed to greatly benefit the developing countries of the Asia-Pacific (AP) region, most of the countries, such as China, are still hesitant to join. The major concern for these countries is whether or not the gains from the free trade provisions of the TPP will provide enough of an advantage given that most of them have already joined the WTO. In this paper, I first apply Feenstra's (1995) TRI to gauge the actual Canadian tariff barriers facing five Asia-Pacific developing countries: China, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Indonesia. The calculation of TRIs enables us to estimate the gains (from retrieving deadweight loss due to tariff distortion) to Canada if it completely removes its tariff barriers from the 2010 level against the five exporting countries. The gains for Canada would reach USD 276.45 million solely from China's exports, and another USD 33.96 million total from the four other countries. Then, based on the gravity model, I estimate the impact of tariff reduction on imports and the gains, in terms of possible export growth, to the five developing countries. I find China's exports to Canada may increase by 60.58%. Export growth then would be 68.21% for Indonesia, 39.77% for Malaysia, 69.64% for the Philippines, and 42.62% for Thailand.
WOS研究方向	Business & Economics
语种	英语
出版者	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
WOS记录号	WOS:000409402600007
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://10.2.47.112/handle/2XS4QKH4/1826]
专题	上海财经大学
通讯作者	Chen, Bo
作者单位	Shanghai Univ Finance & Econ, Sch Int Business Adm, Shanghai 200434, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Chen, Bo. Trans-Pacific Tariff Barriers: a Case Study of Five Asia-Pacific Developing Countries and Canada[J]. CHINA ECONOMIC JOURNAL,2014,7(2):251-260.
APA	Chen, Bo.(2014).Trans-Pacific Tariff Barriers: a Case Study of Five Asia-Pacific Developing Countries and Canada.CHINA ECONOMIC JOURNAL,7(2),251-260.
MLA	Chen, Bo."Trans-Pacific Tariff Barriers: a Case Study of Five Asia-Pacific Developing Countries and Canada".CHINA ECONOMIC JOURNAL 7.2(2014):251-260.