The Growth of China and India in World Trade : Opportunity or Threat for Latin America and the Caribbean?

This paper studies the relationship between the growth of China and India in world merchandise trade and Latin American and Caribbean commercial flows from two perspectives. First, the authors focus on the opportunity that China and India's ma...

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Main Authors: Lederman, Daniel, Olarreaga, Marcelo, Soloaga, Isidro
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
GDP
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/08/8092215/growth-china-india-world-trade-opportunity-or-threat-latin-america-caribbean
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spelling okr-10986-73072021-04-23T14:02:34Z The Growth of China and India in World Trade : Opportunity or Threat for Latin America and the Caribbean? Lederman, Daniel Olarreaga, Marcelo Soloaga, Isidro ABSOLUTE VALUE AGGREGATE TRADE AGRICULTURE BILATERAL IMPORTS BILATERAL TRADE CENTRAL AMERICA COMMODITY PRICES COMPETITIVENESS CONTROL VARIABLE COUNTRY DUMMIES COVARIANCE MATRIX DEMAND ELASTICITIES DEMAND ELASTICITY DEMAND GROWTH DEMAND SHOCKS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DUMMY VARIABLE DUMMY VARIABLES ECONOMETRIC ESTIMATES ECONOMETRIC EVIDENCE ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SIZE ELASTICITY EXPECTED VALUE EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES EXPORTER EXPORTERS EXPORTS FACTOR ENDOWMENTS FEDERAL RESERVE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FIXED EFFECTS GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL FACTORS GLOBAL TRADE GRAVITY APPROACH GRAVITY EQUATION GRAVITY FRAMEWORK GRAVITY MODEL GRAVITY MODELS GRAVITY VARIABLES GROWTH RATE IMPORT DEMAND INDUSTRY TRADE INEQUALITY INTERMEDIATE INPUTS INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION INTERNATIONAL TRADE LATIN AMERICAN MACROECONOMIC CRISES MARGINAL PROPENSITY TO IMPORT MARKET SHARE MARKETING MERCHANDISE MERCHANDISE EXPORTS MERCHANDISE TRADE MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES POLITICAL ECONOMY POSITIVE EFFECTS PRICE INDEX PRODUCER PRICE PRODUCER PRICE INDEX RAPID GROWTH RATE OF GROWTH REGIONALISM SPECIALIZATION SUBSTITUTION SUBSTITUTION EFFECT SUPPLY CAPACITY SUPPLY RESPONSE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TERMS OF TRADE THIRD MARKET THIRD MARKETS TOTAL EXPORTS TRADE DATA TRADE DEFICIT TRADE EFFECTS TRADE FLOWS TRADE POLICIES TRADE STATISTICS TRADE SURPLUS TRADE VOLUMES TRADING PARTNER TRADING PARTNERS TRANSPORT COSTS TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO UNCERTAINTY VALUE ADDED WEIGHTS WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS WORLD MARKETS WORLD TRADE This paper studies the relationship between the growth of China and India in world merchandise trade and Latin American and Caribbean commercial flows from two perspectives. First, the authors focus on the opportunity that China and India's markets have offered Latin American and Caribbean exporters during 2000-2004. Second, empirical analyses examine the partial correlation between Chinese and Indian bilateral trade flows and Latin American and Caribbean trade with third markets. Both analyses rely on the gravity model of international trade. Econometric estimations that control for the systematic correlation between expected bilateral trade volumes and the size of their regression errors, as well as importer and exporter fixed effects and year effects, provide consistent estimates of the relevant parameters for different groups of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Results suggest that the growth of the two Asian markets has produced large opportunities for Latin American and Caribbean exporters, which nevertheless have not been fully exploited. The evidence concerning the effects of Chinese and Indian trade with third markets is not robust, but there is little evidence of negative effects on Latin American and Caribbean exports of non-fuel merchandise. In general, China's and to a large extent India's growing presence in world trade has been good news for Latin America and the Caribbean, but some of the potential benefits remain unexploited. 2012-06-06T19:03:42Z 2012-06-06T19:03:42Z 2007-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/08/8092215/growth-china-india-world-trade-opportunity-or-threat-latin-america-caribbean http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7307 English Policy Research Working Paper No. 4320 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean South Asia East Asia and Pacific India China
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topic ABSOLUTE VALUE
AGGREGATE TRADE
AGRICULTURE
BILATERAL IMPORTS
BILATERAL TRADE
CENTRAL AMERICA
COMMODITY PRICES
COMPETITIVENESS
CONTROL VARIABLE
COUNTRY DUMMIES
COVARIANCE MATRIX
DEMAND ELASTICITIES
DEMAND ELASTICITY
DEMAND GROWTH
DEMAND SHOCKS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DUMMY VARIABLE
DUMMY VARIABLES
ECONOMETRIC ESTIMATES
ECONOMETRIC EVIDENCE
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC SIZE
ELASTICITY
EXPECTED VALUE
EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
EXPORT GROWTH
EXPORT MARKETS
EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES
EXPORTER
EXPORTERS
EXPORTS
FACTOR ENDOWMENTS
FEDERAL RESERVE
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FIXED EFFECTS
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GLOBAL FACTORS
GLOBAL TRADE
GRAVITY APPROACH
GRAVITY EQUATION
GRAVITY FRAMEWORK
GRAVITY MODEL
GRAVITY MODELS
GRAVITY VARIABLES
GROWTH RATE
IMPORT DEMAND
INDUSTRY TRADE
INEQUALITY
INTERMEDIATE INPUTS
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LATIN AMERICAN
MACROECONOMIC CRISES
MARGINAL PROPENSITY TO IMPORT
MARKET SHARE
MARKETING
MERCHANDISE
MERCHANDISE EXPORTS
MERCHANDISE TRADE
MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POSITIVE EFFECTS
PRICE INDEX
PRODUCER PRICE
PRODUCER PRICE INDEX
RAPID GROWTH
RATE OF GROWTH
REGIONALISM
SPECIALIZATION
SUBSTITUTION
SUBSTITUTION EFFECT
SUPPLY CAPACITY
SUPPLY RESPONSE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TERMS OF TRADE
THIRD MARKET
THIRD MARKETS
TOTAL EXPORTS
TRADE DATA
TRADE DEFICIT
TRADE EFFECTS
TRADE FLOWS
TRADE POLICIES
TRADE STATISTICS
TRADE SURPLUS
TRADE VOLUMES
TRADING PARTNER
TRADING PARTNERS
TRANSPORT COSTS
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
UNCERTAINTY
VALUE ADDED
WEIGHTS
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
WORLD MARKETS
WORLD TRADE
spellingShingle ABSOLUTE VALUE
AGGREGATE TRADE
AGRICULTURE
BILATERAL IMPORTS
BILATERAL TRADE
CENTRAL AMERICA
COMMODITY PRICES
COMPETITIVENESS
CONTROL VARIABLE
COUNTRY DUMMIES
COVARIANCE MATRIX
DEMAND ELASTICITIES
DEMAND ELASTICITY
DEMAND GROWTH
DEMAND SHOCKS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DUMMY VARIABLE
DUMMY VARIABLES
ECONOMETRIC ESTIMATES
ECONOMETRIC EVIDENCE
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC SIZE
ELASTICITY
EXPECTED VALUE
EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
EXPORT GROWTH
EXPORT MARKETS
EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES
EXPORTER
EXPORTERS
EXPORTS
FACTOR ENDOWMENTS
FEDERAL RESERVE
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FIXED EFFECTS
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GLOBAL FACTORS
GLOBAL TRADE
GRAVITY APPROACH
GRAVITY EQUATION
GRAVITY FRAMEWORK
GRAVITY MODEL
GRAVITY MODELS
GRAVITY VARIABLES
GROWTH RATE
IMPORT DEMAND
INDUSTRY TRADE
INEQUALITY
INTERMEDIATE INPUTS
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LATIN AMERICAN
MACROECONOMIC CRISES
MARGINAL PROPENSITY TO IMPORT
MARKET SHARE
MARKETING
MERCHANDISE
MERCHANDISE EXPORTS
MERCHANDISE TRADE
MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POSITIVE EFFECTS
PRICE INDEX
PRODUCER PRICE
PRODUCER PRICE INDEX
RAPID GROWTH
RATE OF GROWTH
REGIONALISM
SPECIALIZATION
SUBSTITUTION
SUBSTITUTION EFFECT
SUPPLY CAPACITY
SUPPLY RESPONSE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TERMS OF TRADE
THIRD MARKET
THIRD MARKETS
TOTAL EXPORTS
TRADE DATA
TRADE DEFICIT
TRADE EFFECTS
TRADE FLOWS
TRADE POLICIES
TRADE STATISTICS
TRADE SURPLUS
TRADE VOLUMES
TRADING PARTNER
TRADING PARTNERS
TRANSPORT COSTS
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
UNCERTAINTY
VALUE ADDED
WEIGHTS
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
WORLD MARKETS
WORLD TRADE
Lederman, Daniel
Olarreaga, Marcelo
Soloaga, Isidro
The Growth of China and India in World Trade : Opportunity or Threat for Latin America and the Caribbean?
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
South Asia
East Asia and Pacific
India
China
relation Policy Research Working Paper No. 4320
description This paper studies the relationship between the growth of China and India in world merchandise trade and Latin American and Caribbean commercial flows from two perspectives. First, the authors focus on the opportunity that China and India's markets have offered Latin American and Caribbean exporters during 2000-2004. Second, empirical analyses examine the partial correlation between Chinese and Indian bilateral trade flows and Latin American and Caribbean trade with third markets. Both analyses rely on the gravity model of international trade. Econometric estimations that control for the systematic correlation between expected bilateral trade volumes and the size of their regression errors, as well as importer and exporter fixed effects and year effects, provide consistent estimates of the relevant parameters for different groups of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Results suggest that the growth of the two Asian markets has produced large opportunities for Latin American and Caribbean exporters, which nevertheless have not been fully exploited. The evidence concerning the effects of Chinese and Indian trade with third markets is not robust, but there is little evidence of negative effects on Latin American and Caribbean exports of non-fuel merchandise. In general, China's and to a large extent India's growing presence in world trade has been good news for Latin America and the Caribbean, but some of the potential benefits remain unexploited.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Lederman, Daniel
Olarreaga, Marcelo
Soloaga, Isidro
author_facet Lederman, Daniel
Olarreaga, Marcelo
Soloaga, Isidro
author_sort Lederman, Daniel
title The Growth of China and India in World Trade : Opportunity or Threat for Latin America and the Caribbean?
title_short The Growth of China and India in World Trade : Opportunity or Threat for Latin America and the Caribbean?
title_full The Growth of China and India in World Trade : Opportunity or Threat for Latin America and the Caribbean?
title_fullStr The Growth of China and India in World Trade : Opportunity or Threat for Latin America and the Caribbean?
title_full_unstemmed The Growth of China and India in World Trade : Opportunity or Threat for Latin America and the Caribbean?
title_sort growth of china and india in world trade : opportunity or threat for latin america and the caribbean?
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/08/8092215/growth-china-india-world-trade-opportunity-or-threat-latin-america-caribbean
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7307
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