Digital Services Trade Barriers and Cross-border E-commerce Exports:Evidence from the Data of China's Cross-border E-commerce Waybills
Based on the data of China's cross-border e-commerce waybills,this paper explores the impact of digital services trade barriers on goods trade such as cross-border e-commerce.The research shows that the establishment of digital services trade barriers in the destination countries will constrain their independent manufacturing capacity,weaken their comparative advantages in manufacturing digitization,and thus promote the growth of China's cross-border e-commerce exports to them instead.Heterogeneity analysis indicates that due to the personalized consumer demands,the promotion effect of digital services trade barriers on cross-border e-commerce exports is more significant in the destination countries with the underdeveloped final products and B2C markets.The above conclusions reveal that in order to alleviate the negative effect of digital services trade barriers,China should actively guide digital services industry to invest in domestic manufacturing production,stimulate the comparative advantages of manufacturing digitization,encourage cross-border e-commerce enterprises to engage in the production of intelligent and customized products,thereby providing strong growth points for high-quality development of trade.
digital services trade barrierscross-border e-commercemanufacturing digitizationB2Cpersonalized demand
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