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Journal of Integrative Agriculture  2025, Vol. 24 Issue (1): 380-397    DOI: 10.1016/j.jia.2024.11.035
Special Issue: 农业经济与管理Agricultural Economics and Management
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Impact of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) implementation on agricultural sector in regional countries: A global value chain perspective

Shaowen Xu1*, Jingfei Qian1*, Yangfen Chen1, Huijie Zhang2#

1 Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China

2 Agricultural Information Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China

 Highlights 
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) boosts the value-added to agricultural exports for most member countries, particularly in competitive industries.
RCEP is conducive to fostering regional agricultural value chains development.
RCEP has a positive effect on agricultural value chains both in the short and long term, with the effect becoming more pronounced over time.
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摘要  

RCEP实施为亚太地区构建深度融合的农业价值链创造了有利条件。基于RCEP协定内容,本研究采用GTAP模型从时间、降低关税和减少非贸易壁垒三个方面评估了RCEP对成员国农业价值链的影响。结果表明:(1RCEP实施有利于提升多数成员国农业出口增加值,各国优势产业出口增加值提升幅度更大。(2国内生产和加工能力的提高(反映在国内增加值上)是推动成员国各行业出口增加值提升的主要来源。(3RCEP实施有利于区域内多数国家各行业全球价值链参与程度提升,对全球价值链地位影响呈现分化态势,推动区域农业价值链发展。(4RCEP实施在短期和长期内都将对成员国农业价值链各指标产生积极影响,随着时间的推移,这种影响会变得更加明显。此外,非关税壁垒削减可增强关税削减对价值链指标的积极影响。基于上述分析,本文提出以下建议:(1)应关注RCEP实施创造的发展机遇,增强国内生产加工能力。(2)利用RCEP实施创造的合作机遇,构建深度融合的区域农业价值链。(3)注重RCEP协定高质量贸易规则落实,以协定实施带动区域各国农业共同发展。



Abstract  
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) has created favorable conditions for building deeply integrated agricultural value chains (AVC) in Asia-Pacific.  Based on the RCEP agreement, this study employed the global trade analysis project (GTAP) model to evaluate the impact of RCEP on AVC of member countries in terms of time, tariff reduction, and reduction of non-tariff barriers (NTB).  The results indicate that (1) the implementation of RCEP boosts the value-added to agricultural exports for most member countries, particularly in competitive industries; (2) the increase in domestic production and processing capacity, reflected in domestic value-added (DVA), is the primary factor driving the rise in the value-added of agricultural exports across various industries of member countries; (3) RCEP enhances the participation of most regional countries in AVC, with varying impacts on AVC positioning, thereby fostering regional AVC development; and (4) RCEP has a positive effect on AVC indicators both in the short and long term, with the effect becoming more pronounced over time.  Additionally, reducing NTB enhances the positive effects of tariff reductions on AVC indicators.  Based on the analyses, the following recommendations are proposed: (1) Leverage the development opportunities arising from RCEP implementation to enhance the agricultural DVA; (2) capitalize on cooperative opportunities created by RCEP to build cohesive regional AVC; and (3) prioritize the effective implementation of RCEP’s high-quality rules.
Keywords:  RCEP       GTAP        agricultural value chains        tariff        non-tariff barriers        trade facilitation  
Received: 11 December 2023   Accepted: 18 October 2024
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This work was supported by the Major Subject of the National Social Science Foundation of China (21&ZD093), the Basic Research Funds of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (16100520240017), the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS-CSAERD-202402; 10-IAED-04-2024), and the earmarked fund for China Agriculture Research System (CARS-08).
About author:  Shaowen Xu, E-mail: xsw0637@163.com; Jingfei Qian, E-mail: qianjingfei@caas.cn; #Correspondence Huijie Zhang, Tel: +86-10-82106287, E-mail: zhanghuijie@caas.cn *These authors contributed equally to this study.

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Shaowen Xu, Jingfei Qian, Yangfen Chen, Huijie Zhang. 2025. Impact of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) implementation on agricultural sector in regional countries: A global value chain perspective. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 24(1): 380-397.

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