The paper examines Chinese agricultural trade pattern dynamics, focusing on the differences between the periods before and after China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). The analyses are based on the Revealed Symmetric Comparative Advantages (RSCA) index, a modified Revealed...

This paper examines the world price transmission to China for four food commodities (maize, rice, soybeans and wheat) during the recent food commodity prices spike (2006-2008). To understand the world price transmission to China for the food commodities, the author conduct econometric analysis...

NAFTA accounts for about one-fifth of China's total exports. China's exports to the NAFTA increased dramatically between 2001 and 2007. The paper extends constant market shares (CMS) framework to decompose the growth rate in a dynamic approach. The CMS decomposition at the first level indicates...