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The Impacts of the U.S. Trade War on Chinese Exporters

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: This paper studies the impacts of the 2018 U.S. tariff surges on export prices and adjustments of sales across different markets of Chinese exporters. The finding that U.S. tariffs did not affect the free-on-board price of Chinese exports is robust to controlling for firm-related fixed effects. While firms’ exports to the United States dropped significantly, exports to the EU increased moderately and domestic sales or exports to other foreign markets were barely affected. Finally, by surveying managers of exporting firms, we shed light on potential impediments to firms’ adjustments of export prices and sales.

Source: The Review of Economics and Statistics

DOI: 10.1162/rest_a_01229

Authors: Yang Jiao, Zhikuo Liu, Zhiwei Tian, Xiaxin Wang

Institutions: Fudan University, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

Language: English

Topic: Global trade and economics

Subfield: General Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4288451371

FWCI: 32.87

Cites: 37

Cited by: 151

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