The network characteristics and influencing factors of agricultural products trade in RCEP region
The signing and implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partner-ship(RCEP)have provided crucial external opportunities for the high-quality development of China's agricultural products trade.This paper uses the social network analysis method to char-acterize the agricultural products trade network,and utilizes the extended gravity model to ana-lyze the influencing factors in agricultural products trade within the RCEP region.The results show that:(1)The spatial cohesion of the global agricultural products trade network continues to increase,the connectivity is significantly improved,and the trade scale continues to expand,with a distinctive"center-periphery"structure.(2)RCEP member countries demonstrate a clear trend of diversified import patterns,coupled with steady growth in exports.The number of glob-al agricultural products trade partners continues to rise,leading to a differentiation in trade sta-tus and gradually forming a single-core structure centered around China.(3)The improvement in the quality of economic institutions and the signing of Free Trade Agreement(FTA)contrib-ute to enhancing the agricultural products trade environment,reducing trade costs,and promot-ing agricultural products trade.It is suggested that China should fully utilize the opportunity of RCEP implementation,exert its core influence within the RCEP region,promote the implemen-tation of RECP high-quality rules,form a highly complementary agricultural products market within the region,and enhance the export competitiveness of agricultural products.
RCEPagricultural products tradetrade networktrade gravity model