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Economic impacts of the EU–China comprehensive investment agreement: A dynamic general equilibrium analysis

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  • Fan Zhai
  • Juzhong Zhuang

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Using a global dynamic general equilibrium model with foreign direct investment (FDI) and technology capital, this paper finds that the EU–China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) could bring modest but nonnegligible benefits to both sides. Under an illustrative scenario in which the CAI increases the degree of openness to bilateral FDI by 10%, the EU's FDI to China could rise by a factor of 3–4 and China's FDI to the EU by a factor of 3. These would generate a gain in the steady‐state gross national product (GNP) of 0.23% for China and 0.73% for the EU. The cumulative household welfare gain in the present value term is equivalent to 0.36% and 0.13% of GNP annually for China and the EU, respectively.

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  • Fan Zhai & Juzhong Zhuang, 2024. "Economic impacts of the EU–China comprehensive investment agreement: A dynamic general equilibrium analysis," Asian Economic Journal, East Asian Economic Association, vol. 38(2), pages 177-201, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:asiaec:v:38:y:2024:i:2:p:177-201
    DOI: 10.1111/asej.12330
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