Is political compliance a precondition for healthy trade relations with China? The Chinese government frequently … harm trade ties with China. We run a gravity model of exports to China from 159 partner countries between 1991 and 2008 to … test the extent to which bilateral tensions affect trade with autocratic China. In particular, we investigate empirically …

will be met with animosity and ultimately harm trade ties with China. We run a gravity model of exports to China from 159 … partner countries between 1991 and 2008 to test to which extent bilateral tensions affect trade with autocratic China. In … officially receiving the Dalai Lama at the highest political level are punished through a reduction of their exports to China …