多维视角下美中贸易巨额逆差成因的实证研究

近年来,美中贸易逆差额不断攀升导致双边贸易争端此起彼伏,严重影响了两国正常的经贸关系和政治互信。美方将贸易失衡归咎为人民币汇率,而中方则指出两国贸易失衡的症结并非人民币汇率,压迫人民币升值的做法并不能从根本上解决问题,双方冲突和利益博弈行为日趋严重。在此背景下,作者以1990-2011年的美中贸易、汇率等相关数据为研究对象,从经济和政治因素出发,将人民币汇率、国际投资、全球分工、统计误差和消费储蓄等因素纳入分析,从多维视角对美中贸易逆差成因进行了定量实证分析。研究发现,美中贸易逆差的成因缘自美国、东盟对中国直接投资以及中国香港、台湾和澳门地区对中国内地的直接投资、双方的统计误差以及人民币汇率三组因素,人民币汇率并非美中贸易逆差的主要因素。在基于资产所有权的贸易净额统计方法下,作者对美中贸易的历年贸易净额进行了重新估算。美方数据结果显示,在美国报道的对中国的贸易逆差中,其数据统计被夸大;而中方数据结果显示,中国直到2006年才从对美贸易逆差转为顺差。作者认为,人民币汇率并非美中贸易失衡的主要因素,该问题之所以争论不断,主要是源于美方经济问题政治化的诉求。

Multi-perspective Analysis of Sino-US Trade Deficit:An Empirical Study

Recently,the rising Sino-U.S.Trade deficit has incurred constant trade disputes and growing conflicts between the two countries,affecting the bilateral economic relationship and political trust.The U.S.government takes RMB exchange rate as the main trigger while China points at other potential factors.Based on a multi-perspective quantitative analysis,the author argues that the main causes of unbalanced bilateral trade first is FDI(from U.S.,ASEAN,H.K.,Macao,Taiwan Region) ,then the statistical error and finally RMB exchange rate.Considering the above causes,the author recalculates the trade deficit between the U.S.and China,and concludes that the U.S.overestimated the deficit as much as two-thirds and China has actually been in real deficit while the U.S.is in surplus.Therefore,the RMB exchange rate is in effect politicized by the U.S.for its own purpose.