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easat-11385	Zhou, Li; Zaidi, Mohd Azlan Shah; Mansur, Mustazar	Trade costs and global value chain positioning in China’s manufacturing industry: A systematic literature review	2025	22	.pdf	application/pdf	9853	371	13	Trade costs also affect returns to innovation and upgrading investments; 575 Edelweiss Applied Science and Technology ISSN: 2576-8484 Vol. 9, No. 12: 560-581, 2025 DOI: 10.55214/2576-8484.v9i12.11385 © 2025 by the authors; licensee Learning Gate reductions in trade costs expand market access and increase the returns to upgrading investments, potentially triggering increased innovation efforts. Higher trade costs for intermediate goods discourage GVC participation by increasing costs of imported inputs necessary for fragmented production, while higher trade costs for final goods may encourage foreign firms to undertake local production, including through FDI, potentially benefiting domestic GVC participation through increased integration with foreign production networks.	cache/easat-11385.pdf	txt/easat-11385.txt