IMPACT OF GREEN TRADE BARRIERS ON CHINA'S TEA EXPORTS: TAKING THE EU AS AN EXAMPLE

Kai Liu ； Yaxin Chen ； Xiaoyong Wen ； Wenjue Zhu

《IETI Transactions on Social Sciences and Humanities》 22卷 (2023/03) Pp. 1-10

https://doi.org/10.6896/IETITSSH.202303_22.0001

摘要

Since their emergence, green trade barriers have dealt a severe blow to China's tea exports, with the EU being the first nation to impose green trade barriers on China's tea exports. As consumer awareness of food safety increases, the EU has also modified its maximum pesticide residue limits for tea. A multiple regression model was used to determine that the green barriers set by the EU in the past 20 years had a significant negative impact on China's tea exports. The average export unit price of tea and the GDP per capita of the EU had a significant positive impact on China's total tea exports, whereas the exchange rate had no significant impact. In light of this conclusion and the current state of tea exports in China over the past few years, this paper suggests countermeasures such as promoting the structural upgrading of the tea industry, enhancing the legal framework pertaining to the tea industry, and adopting a proactive stance towards overcoming environmental barriers.

關鍵字

Green trade barriers ； EU ； tea exports