Compromise in hard times? The impact of deglobalization on corporate social responsibility in the US–China supply chain

• Published in: Journal of business finance & accounting Vol. 52; no. 1; pp. 127 - 157
• Main Authors: Cao, Yanming, Chen, Jengfang, Chen, Xiaomeng Charlene, Lu, Meiting
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2025
• Subjects: corporate customers; corporate social responsibility; cost leadership; CSR performance; Customers; deglobalization; differentiation; global supply chains; Leadership; long‐term orientation; Side effects; Social responsibility; Suppliers; Supply; Tariffs; trade policy; trade tensions; United States > US; China

This study examines the effect of the US–China trade tensions on the corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance of the Chinese suppliers most affected by the 2018 US tariff surges. Using a difference‐in‐differences approach, we find that Chinese suppliers with direct US corporate customers ex...