... shape China’s agricultural trade and examines the impact of RTAs and the BRI on trade dynamics. Design/methodology/approach This study employs a gravity model to examine the impact of border effects on agricultural trade between China and its 36 trading partners, including Brazil, Japan, South Korea...

... an extended gravity model, where the regulations enforced in different countries, as well as bilateral agreements between China and its trade partners on combating illegal logging are included as explanatory variables. The impacts of the efforts against illegal logging on bilateral trade of forest products...

... factors influencing agricultural trade costs. Originality/value Based on the revised gravity model, this paper especially calculates the agricultural bilateral trade costs before and after China joining the WTO, which expands the understanding of trade costs in an industrial perspective. It can prove...