1st Edition

US–China Trade Dynamics Indirect Value-Added Trade Under Geopolitical Uncertainty

By Aleksandra Nacewska-Twardowska Copyright 2027
146 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book provides one of the first longitudinal, data-driven analyses of how Chinese domestic value added reaches the United States market indirectly, in an era of tariff tensions, trade wars and fragmented production. Moving beyond gross bilateral trade statistics it traces Chinese value added embodied in US import inflows and distinguishing direct entry from indirect entry through... Read more

1. Beyond Bilateral Trade: Measuring Value Added in a Fragmented World 2. US–China Trade before and after Tariff Escalation 3. Data and Analytical Framework 4. The Rise of Indirect Chinese Value Added to the United States 5. Structure of Indirect Trade: Concentration, Diversification, and Network Patterns 6. Intermediary Economies in Focus: Mexico, Vietnam, and Korea 7. Indirect Trade and the Limits of Decoupling Narratives

Biography

Aleksandra Nacewska-Twardowska is Assistant Professor in the Department of International Business and Trade, University of Lodz, Poland.