Impacts of import refusals on agricultural exports during pandemics: Implications for China

Pandemic outbreaks disrupt agricultural trade. The possible strengthening of import barriers to products from countries at the epicenter of a pandemic by their trade partners could aggravate this situation. This paper examines the responses of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), import refusa...

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Autores principales: Mao, Rui, Jia, Ziyi, Chen, Kevin Z.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142403
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Chen, Kevin Z.
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description Pandemic outbreaks disrupt agricultural trade. The possible strengthening of import barriers to products from countries at the epicenter of a pandemic by their trade partners could aggravate this situation. This paper examines the responses of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), import refusals, and subsequent trade impacts on the agricultural exports from the developing countries that were the epicenters of four pandemics in the past two decades. Using monthly data for the period 2002–2020, we find increased import refusals and amplified trade‐impeding impacts on agricultural exports during pandemic outbreaks. Increased import refusals and the amplification of the trade‐impeding effect of import refusals were especially large when China was the epicenter. We further examine possible differences in these results across products and FDA inspection methods, and the main conclusions remain robust. This paper offers a better understanding of the economic outcomes of pandemic outbreaks and provides policy suggestions for China.
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spelling CGSpace1424032025-12-08T10:06:44Z Impacts of import refusals on agricultural exports during pandemics: Implications for China Mao, Rui Jia, Ziyi Chen, Kevin Z. imports exports economic impact agriculture trade pandemics agricultural trade Pandemic outbreaks disrupt agricultural trade. The possible strengthening of import barriers to products from countries at the epicenter of a pandemic by their trade partners could aggravate this situation. This paper examines the responses of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), import refusals, and subsequent trade impacts on the agricultural exports from the developing countries that were the epicenters of four pandemics in the past two decades. Using monthly data for the period 2002–2020, we find increased import refusals and amplified trade‐impeding impacts on agricultural exports during pandemic outbreaks. Increased import refusals and the amplification of the trade‐impeding effect of import refusals were especially large when China was the epicenter. We further examine possible differences in these results across products and FDA inspection methods, and the main conclusions remain robust. This paper offers a better understanding of the economic outcomes of pandemic outbreaks and provides policy suggestions for China. 2021-07-28 2024-05-22T12:10:26Z 2024-05-22T12:10:26Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142403 en Limited Access John Wiley & Sons Mao, Rui; Jia, Ziyi; and Chen, Kevin. 2021. Impacts of import refusals on agricultural exports during pandemics: Implications for China. China and World Economy 29(4): 113-141. https://doi.org/10.1111/cwe.12381
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Mao, Rui
Jia, Ziyi
Chen, Kevin Z.
Impacts of import refusals on agricultural exports during pandemics: Implications for China
title Impacts of import refusals on agricultural exports during pandemics: Implications for China
title_full Impacts of import refusals on agricultural exports during pandemics: Implications for China
title_fullStr Impacts of import refusals on agricultural exports during pandemics: Implications for China
title_full_unstemmed Impacts of import refusals on agricultural exports during pandemics: Implications for China
title_short Impacts of import refusals on agricultural exports during pandemics: Implications for China
title_sort impacts of import refusals on agricultural exports during pandemics implications for china
topic imports
exports
economic impact
agriculture
trade
pandemics
agricultural trade
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