Author(s)

Qi Shi, Zhijun Yan

Corresponding Author

Qi Shi

ABSTRACT

In recent years, Sino-US trade relations have continued to deepen. The United States is already China's largest export market for goods, and mechanic and electronic products occupy a pivotal position in China's exports to the United States. However, with the gradual warming of US trade protectionism, China's exports of mechanic and electronic products to the United States are also facing severe challenges. This paper first sorts out the status quo of China's exports of mechanic and electronic products to the United States, and finds that the main obstacles to its export are the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) existing in the United States, and then analyze the effects of this problem, and then build a trade gravity model. Conduct an empirical test on the factors affecting the exports of China's mechanic and electronic products. The results show that the US technical trade barriers have a significant negative impact on China's exports of mechanic and electronic products. Finally, the paper puts forward some strategic suggestions for how China's mechanic and electronic products manufacturers can deal with TBT.

KEYWORDS

TBT, Mechanic and Electronic Products, Sino-US Trade Friction