Abstract

Since food safety as a hot issue is directly related to China's international trade. This study takes the current situation of China's food trade as the breakthrough point, by means of analyzing the influence of food safety on export trade; it explores the countermeasures of China's food safety for dealing with export trade based on TOPSIS method.

Keywords:

Food safety, international trade, TOPSIS method,

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