Chinese case is analyzed as an introductory example. FDI has increased regional inequalities in China after the economic …

Did the 2018/19 US-China trade war trigger adjustment of Global Value Chains (GVCs) and nearshoring to Mexico? We … domestic activities in Mexico. However, we also document a negative impact of the retaliatory tariffs of China, primarily … affecting export services and a counterbalancing negative effect of the US tariffs via GVC firms' inputs from China …

This paper analyzes the economic effects of content-based import tariffs China imposed on imported auto parts. While … China's policy penalized any firm that assembled cars with less than 60 percent Chinese content, the policy was most likely … quantities on the extensive margin. While China's content-based auto import trade policy was repealed in 2009 after China lost …

motivations are relevant for both manufacturing and services. -- China ; foreign direct investment ; internationalization ; trade …

In recent years wages in China have been rising and the yuan has appreciated, potentially eroding China's cost … advantage in manufactures. This paper explores the evolution of China's relative unit labor costs in manufacturing over 1998 …-2009. Between 1998 and 2003 China's unit labor costs fell, but since 2003 they have increased both absolutely and relative to US …

This paper studies the performance of China's exports during the 2008-2009 financial crisis. It focuses on the speed at … which China's exports were hit by this downturn. Product-country monthly exports data is utilized. It is found that GDP … trade prior to the crisis are hit by the recession earlier than other products. -- China ; exports collapse ; speed …