عنوان

Is Sino-Africa Bilateral Trade More than Resource Focused? The Rhetoric and the Reality

شماره

LA107187

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Is Sino-Africa Bilateral Trade More than Resource Focused? The Rhetoric and the Reality

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Aye Alemu, Wenqing Zhang, Aye Alemu, et al.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

This study uses an augmented dynamic gravity model to identify the main contributing factors influencing bilateral trade between China and 46 African countries in general and to test whether Sino-Africa bilateral trade is more than resource focused in particular. Natural resource was captured by "oil exports" and "ores & metal exports," and the empirical analysis verifies only "oil" not "ores & metals" to significantly influence the growing Sino-Africa bilateral trade. Thus, the empirical result partially supports the widely held view that natural resources are critical to bilateral trade between China and African countries. However, it is not true that Chinese engagement in Africa is exclusively due to natural resources as always portrayed. Apart from the oil factor, some other significant factors for the growing bilateral trade are identified. The study indicates there is a huge opportunity and potential for rapid expansion of Sino-Africa bilateral trade that is mutually beneficial. This study uses an augmented dynamic gravity model to identify the main contributing factors influencing bilateral trade between China and 46 African countries in general and to test whether Sino-Africa bilateral trade is more than resource focused in particular. Natural resource was captured by "oil exports" and "ores & metal exports," and the empirical analysis verifies only "oil" not "ores & metals" to significantly influence the growing Sino-Africa bilateral trade. Thus, the empirical result partially supports the widely held view that natural resources are critical to bilateral trade between China and African countries. However, it is not true that Chinese engagement in Africa is exclusively due to natural resources as always portrayed. Apart from the oil factor, some other significant factors for the growing bilateral trade are identified. The study indicates there is a huge opportunity and potential for rapid expansion of Sino-Africa bilateral trade that is mutually beneficial.

تاريخ نشر

2019

توصيف ظاهري

362-394

عنوان

African and Asian Studies

شماره جلد

18/4

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1569-2108

اصطلاح موضوعی

Africa

اصطلاح موضوعی

bilateral trade

اصطلاح موضوعی

China

اصطلاح موضوعی

gravity model

اصطلاح موضوعی

iron & metal ores

اصطلاح موضوعی

natural resources

اصطلاح موضوعی

oil

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Aye Alemu

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Wenqing Zhang

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/15692108-12341436

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y