A Literature Review on the Relationship between Foreign Trade and Economic Growth

Abstract

Over the past years, the relationship between foreign trade and economic growth has been the debate of economic research in academe. On this issue, economists at home and abroad used the relative data of china and got different conclusions by different methods. At first, this thesis reviews the theories of the relationship between foreign trade and economic growth, and then sum up the main arguments of modern empirical economics. Finally, the author makes a brief comment and put forward some questions that should be explored in depth in this area. It provides a broader and more comprehensive perspective to the later researchers.