Interaction between international trade and logistics carbon emissions

Abstract

The logistics carbon emission efficiency takes into account the two goals of economic development and carbon emission reduction, and is an indicator for evaluating the development of a low-carbon economy. This paper mainly discusses the interaction between international trade and logistics carbon emissions. It firstly reviews and sorts out the relevant literature on technology spillovers and carbon emission efficiency in international trade. Then, by analyzing the current situation of China’s economic belt’s import trade and export trade, and by calculating the import trade technology spillover and export trade technology spillover of China’s economic belt from 2017 to 2021, it analyzes the current situation of China’s economic belt and each region of China’s economic belt absorbing technology spillovers from international trade. By analyzing the CO2 emission and economic development of China’s economic belt, the carbon emission efficiency of China’s economic belt can be calculated by using the relationship model between carbon emission and various economic indicators. Then, the panel data model is used to empirically analyze the impact of import trade technology spillovers and export trade technology spillovers on the carbon emission efficiency of China’s economic belt and make regional comparisons. Textile, sewing and leather product manufacturing, chemical industry, metal product manufacturing and machinery and equipment manufacturing saw the largest increases in embodied carbon. In 2017, the embodied carbon in the export trade of textile, sewing and leather product manufacturing increased from 26,761,122 tons to 98,311,041 tons in 2021, and the chemical industry in 2017 increased from 26,413,981 tons to 107,493,401 tons in 2021. This research will help to rationally formulate the carbon emission quota system and improve the supervision system of the carbon trading market.