Domestic Tariff and Manufacturing Trade: A Comparative Study on the United States and China

Abstract

During the post-globalization period, tariff imposition on manufacturing trade has a possible effect on the economy of developed and developing nations. Along with the volume and balance of trade, the study accounts for both export and import separately in order to observe their dynamisms under the tariff regime and makes comparisons between developing and developed countries. Using the World Development Indicators and World Integrated Trade Solution databases of World Bank (2020) on China (developing nation) and the United States (developed nation) over the period of 1970–2019, the co-integration tests and thereafter vector error correction models indicate that the relationship between tariff and manufacturing trade is positive and statistically significant.

Citation

Sinha, M., Dutta, A. and Mukhopadhyay, P. (2021), "Domestic Tariff and Manufacturing Trade: A Comparative Study on the United States and China", Pal, M.K. (Ed.) Productivity Growth in the Manufacturing Sector, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 31-42. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80071-094-820211003