An Analysis of Competitiveness and Complementarity between China and Guinea Trade under the "The Belt and Road" Initiative

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10.2991/hsmet-18.2018.69How to use a DOI?

Keywords

The Belt and Road, Bilateral trade, Trade competitiveness and complementarity.

Abstract

With the continuous advancement of the “The Belt and Road” initiative and the continuous development of China-Africa trade cooperation, bilateral trade development between China and Guinea has also ushered in new opportunities. At present, China has become one of the largest trading partners and largest investors of Guinea. By measuring the Export Similarity Index (ESI), Trade Intensity Index (TII), Intra-industry Trade Index (G-L Index) and Revealed Comparative Advantage Index (RCA), this paper analyzes the competitiveness and complementarity of bilateral trade between China and Guinea. The results show that China and Guinea have weaker trade competitiveness but strong complementarities, and huge potential for trade cooperation. It puts forward proposals for improving China and Guinea to jointly discuss and build a sharing mechanism, promote the construction of the “The Belt and Road” infrastructure, and build a China-Guinea economic and trade cooperation industrial park.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xiangyu Wei
AU  - Ze Tian
PY  - 2018/06
DA  - 2018/06
TI  - An Analysis of Competitiveness and Complementarity between China and Guinea Trade under the "The Belt and Road" Initiative
BT  - Proceedings of the 2018 3rd International Conference on Humanities Science, Management and Education Technology (HSMET 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 355
EP  - 360
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/hsmet-18.2018.69
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