A Study On The Influence Of Trade Facilitation In Major Countries Along The Belt And Road To China's Cross-border E-commerce Transactions

As the first multilateral agreement signed since the establishment of the WTO,the Trade Facilitation Agreement(TFA)aims to promote the development of international trade;At the same time,cross-border e-commerce has emerged as a new form of trade,and is becoming more and more significant on the stage of international trade.The proposal of the "Belt and Road" initiative in 2013 has promoted the trade between China and the countries along "the Belt and Road" and also brought opportunities for the development of cross-border e-commerce between the two sides.Through the compilation of relevant data,we found that the scale of cross-border e-commerce transactions between China and 15 countries along "the Belt and Road"has continued to rise from 2008 to 2016,especially after 2012,along with the development of the Internet,cross-border electronic business platform is growing rapidly.However,there are also imbalances in cross-border e-commerce import and export and imbalances in regional development.However,"the Belt and Road"countries have a vast market,and the Chinese government has introduced various policies to support the development of cross-border e-commerce.The cross-border e-commerce of China and "the Belt and Road" has great potential development.After researching the related indicators of trade facilitation,we found that the trade facilitation level of "the Belt and Road" countries was lower than that of the UAE and Singapore.Overall,six trade facilitation indices were low,and about 1/2 countries were below our level.Based on the experience of previous research and the characteristics of cross-border e-commerce,we selected 6 indicators and GDP through the fixed-effect variable intercept model to explore the impact of cross-border e-commerce import and export transactions between China and 15 countries along "the Belt and Road".The final result is that the GDP,infrastructure construction,transparency of government policies,and the number of Internet users of major countries along "the Belt and Road"all have positive impacts on the scale of cross-border e-commerce import and export transactions in China;trade tariff and the impact of the time required to carry out business has negative impact to the scale of China's cross-border e-commerce import and export transactions.According to this conclusion,to promote the scale of China's cross-border e-commerce transactions with countries along "the Belt and Road",we should continue to help the countries along the "Belt and Road" to improve the construction of infrastructure such as roads,railways,ports,aviation,and the internet;The two sides should negotiate the entry-exit inspection and quarantine standards and exit-entry management system,construct an information-based customs clearance service platform,promote the process of regional customs clearance and shorten the customs clearance time;continuously improve the tax systems of both sides,and countries between two sides should increase the transparency of government policies.