Guangxi And ASEAN To Carry Out Mineral Trade, Cooperation And Development Of The Problems And Countermeasures

In 2010, after several rounds of negotiation between China and ASEAN member countries, a strategic planning is established in the China-ASEAN free trade area.According to the consensus agreement reached by each member in China-ASEAN free trade area, product sales no longer duty tariffs, known as zero tariff, thereby eliminating trade barriers among member states, it makes the trade development in the direction of liberalization. Guangxi is similar performance with ASEAN exporters in regional location, natural environment and production tradition. Especially, there is similar comparative advantage in mineral production between the two sides. Generally, the more similar in export trade structure, the more competitive in the of export trade process. However, there is a strong complementarity in mining products between Guangxi and ASEAN countries from the point of view of resources.The main contents and results of present thesis are given as follow. Firstly, the current situation of mineral trade cooperation in Guangxi and ASEAN countries are detailed analyzed, the development of features are described and the situations of bilateral trade are introduced with the size and industry distribution of bilateral cooperation. Secondly, the importance and feasibility of the mineral trade, development cooperation between Guangxi and ASEAN has been demonstrated. Firstly, the current situation of mineral trade cooperation in Guangxi and ASEAN countries are detailed analyzed, the development of features are described and the situations of bilateral trade are introduced with the size and industry distribution of bilateral cooperation. Secondly, The importance and feasibility of the mineral trade, development cooperation between Guangxi and ASEAN has been demonstrated. The difficulties in mineral trade and cooperative development in Guangxi and ASEAN countries are analyzed. It was found that the main problem in development are improvement of trade management system, limitations of trade cooperation; differences of industry standards and policy, and lower utilization of FTA cooperation. Finally, the measures to improve the efficiency of mineral trade and cooperative development between Guangxi and ASEAN are suggested to be continuous improvement of the service trade management system, upgrade of the hardware environment, increase the degree of utilization of the FTA, and improvement of governmental dialogue in ASEAN countries.The research work plays an important role in understanding and mastering the mineral trade, bilateral trade complementarities and competitive, effective promotion of mineral trade between the Guangxi and ASEAN countries. It also provide the reference for the future understand the trends of mineral trade, and provide the guideline for the revision of production structure, industrial and trade policy in Guangxi and ASEAN.