China's Foreign Trade: A “New Normal”

China and World Economy

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 1-21

  Lemoine, Francoise ^a   Unal, Deniz ^a  

^a CEPII   (France)

Author keywords

China; domestic market growth model; foreign direct investment; foreign trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015291141     PISSN: 16712234     EISSN: 1749124X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cwe.12191     Document Type: Article

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