The Influence Of Trade Openness On Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Nowadays, climate change has begun to affect human life, the world is increasingly concerned about carbon emissions, and low-carbon economy has become a hot topic. China, as the largest developing country, has become the the largest carbon emitters. Carbon emissions has leapt to more than the sum of the first American and European carbon emissions. With the reform and opening up of china, especially after joining the WTO, the development of international trade of china is increasing rapidly, and china is already become the world’s largest trading nation. As one engine of the economy of China, trade is very important for economic growth, and therefore the relationship between trade, economic growth and carbon emissions has become a key issue.Based on the method provided by the IPCC, this paper examines how the trade openness and other dominating factors impact China’s carbon emissions from energy consumption. The aim is to provide scientific basis for policy making on energy conservation and carbon emission reduction in China. According to spatial panel econometric model, The trade openness elasticity coefficient of CO2emissions is0.068, indicating that if trade openness increases by1%, CO2emissions per capita would increase by around0.068%. Consequently, trade openness has a comprehensive positive effect on China’s carbon emission, which means that China has become a pollution haven through trade in other countries. In addition, this paper verified that environmental Kuznets Curve theory is suitable for China and the level of urbanization, the level of R&D, Industry Structure and carbon emissions have a significant positive correlation. Based on the types of goods and trade division of the impact of trade liberalization effects of different commodities on carbon emissions to do the research, and found that the impact of different commodities of trade liberalization on carbon emissions is varied with different commodities. Trade liberalization of textiles and high-tech products have a positive effect on carbon emissions, while trade liberalization mechanical products and minerals have a negative impact on carbon emissions. By studying the relationship between carbon emissions and different commodities’ import and export, it shows that the export structure have a major impact on carbon emissions.Through the study of the Influence of Trade Openness on Carbon Dioxide Emissions, combined with the economic situation and sustainable development, this paper put forward some recommendations such as speeding up the export product structure adjustment and Improving the trade policy...