The Changing Pattern of China’s Economic Relations with Southeast Asia

Anne Booth ()
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Anne Booth: Department of Economics, SOAS University of London, UK

No 200, Working Papers from Department of Economics, SOAS University of London, UK

Abstract: This paper examines the debates which have arisen in the ten countries of ASEAN about the impact of growing trade and investment ties with China, both before and after the full implementation of the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement in 2010. It examines the changes which have taken place in the country composition of trade and investment flows within the ASEAN countries, and between the ASEAN countries, China, and the rest of the world. The evidence indicates that while merchandise trade values have increased between China and ASEAN since 2010, the increase has not been as rapid as some predicted. But China is now running a substantial trade surplus with the ASEAN countries; the value of exports from China to ASEAN exceed the value of imports to China from the ASEAN countries. This surplus could lead to frictions in the future. Investment flows from China to ASEAN are still small in relation to flows into ASEAN from the rest of the world.

Keywords: ASEAN; China; Trade; Investment; Migration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35
Date: 2016-10
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