The European Union and East Asia

Author(s):  
Christopher M. Dent
2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-23
Author(s):  
Janina Witkowska

This article discusses the conditions surrounding the flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) between the developing countries of Asia (East Asia, South-East Asia, Southern Asia, and Western Asia) and the countries with membership in the European Union (EU), including the so-called ‘new’ Member States (EU12). At the intra-regional and inter-regional levels, the flow is especially affected by the world economic crisis, which has effected changes in the positions of the analyzed countries on a global scale. The integration processes taking place in the EU also significantly affect the intensity of FDI flow within the group, while the processes taking place in the developing countries of Asia are not yet sufficiently enough advanced to significantly affect the flow of FDI. Inter-regional FDI flows take place between the subject regions and sub-regions. The observed phenomenon of emerging Asian net exporters of capital in the form of FDI to the European Union may be strengthened by the process of Asian integration. For the new EU Member States the developing Asian countries may constitute an alternative source of capital in the crisis conditions.


2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-37
Author(s):  
Son Thanh Nguyen ◽  
Yanrui Wu

The emergence of production networks has changed the structure of international trade, which is characterized by a large share of intra-regional trade flows and a rising value of intermediate goods trade or network trade between countries within the same region. This paper investigates the change in impact of trade determinants with the formation of regional production networks. At the global level, the results show that intermediate goods exports are more sensitive to trade barriers than total goods exports. At the regional level, the comparison reveals that, despite the efforts directed toward export market diversification in East Asia, the region is still more dependent on other regions’ economic conditions than the European Union is.


2001 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
Henry Wai-chung Yeung ◽  
Christopher M. Dent

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Preston ◽  
Julie Gilson

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