CHINAS CHANGING COMPETITIVENESS: SHAKING UP OR WAKING UP TJE EUROPEAN UNION?

ISBN: 978-83-7378-885-5   141 stron format: B5 oprawa: miękka Rok wydania: 2014

Since the opening up of China at the end of the 1970s, its competitiveness in the fi rst two decades has been perceived as an exporter of labor intensive, low skill products such as textiles, shoes, toys. During the last decade China achieved international competitiveness as the "factory of the world". Inward foreign direct investment and exports of parts and components began to surge. Nowadays, a considerable part of China‘-s international competitiveness is based on foreign manufacturers in mediumtech and even high-tech industries that add value to imported parts and components and export them for further processing or assembling. The overall and subordinated indices measuring China‘-s competitiveness suggest that important pillars of its externally perceived competitiveness such as infrastructure, education and innovation are becoming stronger. The new leadership is aiming to pave the way for technological and innovation leapfrogging in numerous targeted industries. Even if the new policy paradigm prioritises domestic consumption as growth engine, it is to be expected that industries in many member states of the European Union will be challenged by China‘-s prospective competitiveness. Based on an analysis of China‘-s trade and its determinants since the beginning of 21st century, the book aims to carve out fi elds of overlapping competitiveness, cooperative competitiveness, exclusive competencies in EU-China trade relations. European industries also compete with China in many developing countries. Therefore, the book provides an overview of China‘-s interest in and relations with countries of the third world.

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Gunter Heiduk and Agnieszka McCalebPART I. CHARACTERISTICS OF CHINA‘-S TRADEI.1. IntroductionI.2. The Changing Pattern of China‘-s Competitiveness in International TradeI.3. China‘-s Performance in International TradeI.4. Enablers of China‘-s Competitiveness in International TradeI.5. Innovation Import via IFDI as well as SEZ, and International CompetitivenessI.6. Innovation, R&D, and International CompetitivenessI.7. Human Capital Investment and International CompetitivenessI.8. China‘-s Industrial Competitiveness and Exports: An Overall ViewI.9. China‘-s ICT Equipment Exports: A Ricardian Paradox?I.10. The Impact of Innovation and Human Capital on China‘-s Competitiveness in International TradeI.11. ResumeGunter Heiduk and Agnieszka McCalebPART II. EU AND CHINA: OVERLAPP ING COMPETITIVENESS, COOPERATIVE COMPETITIVENESS, EXCLUSIVE COMPETENCIESII.1. IntroductionII.2. Comparing EU‘-s and China‘-s Competitiveness IndexesII.3. Comparing EU‘-s and China‘-s Industrial CompetitivenessII.4. Country-specific Exposure in the EU to China‘-s CompetitivenessII.5. EU-China Trade and Investment RelationsII.6. China-CEEC Trade and Investment RelationsII.6.1. Ups and Downs in Sino-CEEC TradeII.6.2. The Case of China-Poland Trade and Investment RelationsII.7. Evaluating the Impact of China‘-s Competitiveness on the EUII.8. ResumeAgnes SzunomarPART III. CHINA‘-S RELATIONS WITH THE DEVELOPING WORLD: A NEW TYPE OF COLONIALISM OR A FRUITFUL COOPERATIONIII.1. IntroductionIII.2. Overview of the RelationsIII.3. Main Pillars of the RelationsIII.3.1. Trade and Investment RelationsIII.3.2. China‘-s Hunger for EnergyIII.4. ConclusionREFERENCESPart I. ReferencesPart II. ReferencesPart III. ReferencesINDEX OF TABLESINDEX OF FIGURES