Journal of Geographical Sciences

Reshaping effects of RCEP on China’s foreign trade pattern

SONG Zhouying, XU Jingya, TAO Lei

Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2026, 36(2): 494-512. DOI: 10.1007/s11442-026-2457-1

Trade indicators	The first year	The tenth year	Full implementation
Export value	0.19	1.12	1.52
Import value	0.17	1.55	2.09
Total import and export value	0.18	1.31	1.78

Table 5 Changes in the scale of China’s foreign trade (%)

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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 3 Regional setting of GTAP model
Table 4 Sectoral setting of GTAP model
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 (%)