Research on the competitive and complementarity of China-ASEAN textile and apparel trade

: China and ASEAN have close economic and trade exchanges, and under the intertwined backgrounds of trade frictions and the new crown epidemic, this paper analyzes the competitive complementarity of ESI model, TCD index, TC index, G-L model and B-L model based on HS statistics. The results show that compared with ASEAN, China's textile and garment products have a stronger competitive advantage, but at the same time, ASEAN's competitiveness is constantly increasing; China and the 10 ASEAN countries can give full play to their respective advantages, make use of the complementarity of bilateral trade and the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" and RCEP and other favorable factors to promote the development of bilateral trade.