In this paper we first document the growing importance of intra-East Asian trade in parts and components and capital goods facilitated by foreign direct investment (FDI). Japanese direct investment has a stronger influence on intra-East Asian trade relative to FDI from France and Germany. It is...

This paper provides a simple comparative analysis of Japanese and U.S. trade with China. In recent years, Japanese exports to China had been growing faster than U.S. exports, but Japanese imports from China had been growing more slowly. A large amount of U.S. and Japanese exports were first...

Paper prepared for a conference in honor of Professor Ronald McKinnon, Stanford University, June 1, 2002. Professor Ronald McKinnon has many seminal and influential ideas in many diverse areas of economics, including international trade, international finance, economic development and the...

The paper provides a simple comparative analysis of Japanese and US trade with China. In recent years, Japanese exports to China had been growing faster than US exports, but Japanese imports from China had been growing more slowly. A large amount of US and Japanese exports were first shipped to...

In this paper we empirically examine the extent and properties of production sharing in Latin and North America as well as that in East Asia. In 2006, exports of parts and components from Latin and North America constituted 29.7% of the region’s exports of manufactured goods to the world. Both...