Green Barriers On Agricultural Trade In China And Countermeasures

Green barriers emerged over the last ten years in the international community and it is a new non-tariff trade barrier, which is inseparable from the globalization of environment problems. The emergence of Green barriers in international trade has generated the profound impact. Developed countries, often through the implementation of green barriers, protect its environment in the name and restrict imports of products of other countries in purpose to make more trade in the developed countries or in the international economic organizations within its member countries, seriously affecting exports of developing countries'expansion of market size and economic growth. China is a developing country of sustained and rapid economic growth. As China's increasing degree of economic internationalization, it has suffered from green trade barriers deeply, especially in agricultural product.In recent years, green barrier has become the biggest obstacle to China's product export with massive pressure and serious challenge bought by it, especially in agricultural product. China is a big agricultural country and trade of agricultural product accounts for a large share in China's export. Therefore, with the premises of a new round of trade protection tendency, it is imperative that we deeply study the green barriers existing in our country's agricultural product export to breakthrough the green barriers and expand China's export of agricultural product, granting China's agricultural product a favorable position in international competition.This paper starts from the main concept, expressions, features and possible tendency of Green barriers. Because of this, it is necessary to carry out a study on impacts on trade caused by green barriers using both qualitative and quantitative analysis. Finally, feasible tactics and advice coming from smiling Curve are given aiming at impacts mentioned above. Faced with the grim challenge bought about by green barriers to China, enterprises must change their management philosophy and take measures in Green Marketing, industry organizations should fully play its functional role for serving business, the government should fully play its leading role.