Relocation from China (with Chinese Characteristics)

Jason Garred and Song Yuan

No 2401E, Working Papers from University of Ottawa, Department of Economics

Abstract: The share of Chinese goods in US imports has fallen sharply since 2018, as production for the US market has shifted from China to other countries. Does this trend represent US-China ‘decoupling’, or are other US trade partners playing growing roles as intermediaries in ongoing US-China economic relations? Using firm-level and product-level data, we find that Chinese manufacturing investment and Chinese-produced parts have increasingly flowed to third-country ‘winners’ who have simultaneously increased their US market share. We present evidence that our findings capture expanding indirect relationships linking China and the US rather than broader economic trends within the ‘winners’ themselves.

Keywords: Trade; China; FDI; global supply chains; relocation; decoupling. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F14 F21 F23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34 pages
Date: 2024
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