The 2018 Abroad International Trade Academic Research Frontier

（1.Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)，Beijing100732，China；2.China Agricultural University，Beijing100083，China）

Abstract：The 2018 abroad international trade academic research literatures mainly focused on heterogeneous firm trade， global production organization and global value chain，world trade organization and trade rules，trade and macroeconomics， trade costs and other fields. The heterogeneous firm trade mainly focuses on the import and export trade dynamics，the characteristics of import and export products and the choice of trade mode. The production global organization and global value chain mainly focus on the choice of the international production organization mode of the firm，the impact of the global value chain on trade，the formation of global value chains and regional value chains. The World Trade Organization and trade rules focus on the principles and mechanisms of WTO multilateral trade negotiations，the effects of rules of origin. Trade and macroeconomic concerns about trade and economic growth，all factors productivity and macroeconomic stability. Trade costs focus on the impact of infrastructure，transport patterns and information technology on trade costs. It is also found that researches on heterogeneous firm are the most；global value chain is the reflect of current international production organization mode； international trade related research also pays attention on reform in multilateral trade system，trade and employment，trade imbalance，and trade conflict. Facing significant changes in global trade governance，and impacts on global trade system， international trade related research should be more profound concerning the above mentioned problems.

Key words：international trade；heterogeneous firm trade；global value chain