Journal of Geographical Sciences

Reshaping effects of RCEP on China’s foreign trade pattern

SONG Zhouying, XU Jingya, TAO Lei

地理学报(英文版), 2026, 36(2): 494-512. DOI: 10.1007/s11442-026-2457-1

Serial number	Defined country/region	Region code	Serial number	Defined country/region	Region code
1	China (excluding Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan)	CHN	15	Chinese Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan	HKTW
2	Japan	JPN	16	27 EU countries	EU27
3	South Korea	KOR	17	Eastern Europe and former Soviet Union countries	EEFR
4	Australia	AUS	18	Other European countries	RestEU
5	New Zealand	NZL	19	The United States	USA
6	Vietnam	VNM	20	Other regions of North America	RestNA
7	Thailand	THA	21	Brazil	BRA
8	Laos	LAO	22	Other regions of Latin America and the Caribbean	RestMSA
9	Cambodia	KHM	23	India	IND
10	The Philippines	PHL	24	Other regions of South Asia	RestSA
11	Malaysia	MYS	25	The Middle East and North Africa	MENA
12	Indonesia	IDN	26	Sub-Saharan Africa	SSA
13	Brunei	BRN	27	Other regions of the world	RestW
14	Singapore	SGP

Table 3 Regional setting of GTAP model

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Figure 1 Theoretical framework of RCEP’s reshaping effects on China’s foreign trade pattern
Table 1 Actual tariff reductions among RCEP member countries after full implementation compared to pre-implementation (%)
Table 2 Improved trade facilitation of RCEP member countries after clearance time targets
Table 4 Sectoral setting of GTAP model
Table 5 Changes in the scale of China’s foreign trade (%)
Table 6 Changes in China’s export product composition (%)
Table 7 Changes in China’s import product composition (%)
Table 8 Changes in China’s trade within and outside RCEP (%)
Table 9 Changes in the spatial pattern of China’s export trade (%)
Table 10 Changes in the spatial pattern of China’s import trade (%)