How China Is Reshaping the Industrial Geography of Southeast Asia

Yusuf, Shahid

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“…Given the disparity in exports to Asian markets between Egyptian textiles, which are mainly concentrated in cotton yarn and other low value-added products, and Chinese textiles, which are more diversified in their export-product mix, a more disaggregated analysis at the product level may provide better picture on the impact of China on Egyptian exports to Asian markets. Third, several studies have indicated that changes in China’s trade specialization due to export upgrading may have benefited textile exporters in developing countries in certain markets while China is increasingly specializing in the assembly of intermediate products imported from other developing countries (eg: Yusuf, 2008; Lall and Albaladejo, 2004). Today, there are many Chinese textile companies sourcing their supply of specialized parts and components from Egyptian textile factories.…”

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“…Third, several existing studies have shown that China is increasingly specializing in the assembly of intermediate products imported from other developing countries including Egypt (eg. Yusuf, 2008; Lall and Albaladejo, 2004). Today there are many Chinese textile companies sourcing their supply of specialized parts and components from Egyptian textile factories.…”

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“Made in China”: the displacement effect of China on Egyptian textile exports

Hatab

2017

JADEE

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Purpose A growing number of studies indicate that the export growth of China’s textiles poses serious threats to many developing countries. The purpose of this paper is to empirically measure the extent to which the export growth of Chinese textiles has come at the expense of Egyptian textiles exports in third importing markets. Design/methodology/approach To measure this effect, an augmented gravity model equation was estimated using annual data covering the period 1994-2012 on Egyptian and Chinese textile exports to traditional importers of Egyptian textiles. Findings The empirical results suggest that Egyptian textiles are vulnerable to competitive threat posed by China, especially in the EU and US markets. In contact, Egyptian textile exports have moved hand-in-hand with Chinese textile exports to Asian markets. Moreover, the results suggest that the expiration of the Multi-fiber Agreement in 2005 has exposed Egyptian textile exports to fierce completion with China and resulted in declines in Egypt’s textile exports to the world. However, the trade agreements that Egypt signed with the world countries have given Egypt a competitive edge in major importing regions and mitigated the negative impacts of China in the post-2005 period. Finally, the paper argues that unless Egypt adjusts and develops its textile sector in response to such heightened competition from China, Egyptian textile exports undoubtedly would further be negatively impacted. Research limitations/implications In this study, Egypt’s textile products are aggregated to one group and analyzed as a whole, “textile exports.” Further research using a more disaggregated level of data would offer deeper insights into the impacts of China on Egyptian textile exports. Originality/value The contribution of this paper is twofold: first, it adds to the growing literature aiming to understand the impacts of China’s growth on developing countries exports by providing a case study of Egyptian textile export sector. Second, the policy implications drawn from this paper could be useful to Egyptian policy makers and stakeholders to address and respond to the competitiveness challenges posed by China to the Egyptian textile industry.

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“Made in China”: the displacement effect of China on Egyptian textile exports

Hatab

2017

JADEE

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“…These countries found themselves caught in an acute “scissors crisis”: squeezed between falling prices for their exports and rising costs of imported raw materials. Writing in 2009, Shahid Yusuf concluded that Southeast Asia had just “a decade's breathing space” to somehow find paths to higher value production outside manufacturing industry, or else risk being “reduced to a backwater” (:172).…”

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Understanding 2016: China, Brexit and Trump in the history of uneven and combined development

Rosenberg

Boyle

2019

J Historical Sociology

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This article uses the theory of uneven and combined development (U&CD) to produce a novel explanation of ‘Brexit and Trump’ – the two shock political events of 2016. The argument proceeds in three steps. First, we identify the global conjuncture of historical unevenness in which the votes occurred: how the neoliberal transformation of the advanced capitalist countries was synchronized with the radically different process of primitive accumulation in China. Second, we apply the theory of U&CD to this peculiar ‘simultaneity of the non‐simultaneous’: the ‘big country’ effects of China's industrialization, we find, were thrice multiplied by its combination with the advanced sectors of the world economy, which accelerated China's take‐off, brought forward its export phase, and widened its export profile at a moment of maximum openness in international trade. Finally, this produced the pattern of development that led to the events of 2016: the resultant trade shocks intensified the internal inequalities of British and American societies in ways that match the geography of the Leave and Trump votes. The analysis has a wider intellectual implication too, for the phenomena of historical unevenness and combination are intrinsic to the history of the global political economy; and the theory of U&CD therefore has a unique contribution to make to the field of International Political Economy.

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“…Nonetheless, some other works, that focus on the growing trade surpluses of China over the recent years, have shown that the structural change of Chinese export might have contributed to a progressive de-linkage between imports and exports. These studies claim that China is starting moving up the value chain (Humprey and Schmitz, 2007), thanks to a more prominent role played by domestic production (spurred by growing investment) and a declining relevance of imports of processing goods (Cui and Syed, 2007;Yusuf, 2008;Winters and Yusuf, 2007). Foreign invested enterprises (FIEs) also affect significantly the structure of Chinese exports, accounting for about 30 to 50% of Chinese exports, especially in technologically advanced sectors (Dean et al, 2007).…”

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“…Indeed, China is now specializing on assembling intermediate products from the neighbor countries (Gaulier et al, 2006). There is evidence that changes in Chinese trade specialization threatened both the "mature tigers" and the "new tigers" in more advanced segments of production (Lall and Albaladejo, 2004;Eichengreen et al, 2004;Greenaway et al, 2006;Yusuf, 2008). Only recently, some contributions analyzed the impact of China on other developing countries in Latin America (Jenkins et al, 2008) and Africa ( Giovannetti and Sanfilippo, 2009).…”

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The “China Effect” on EU Exports to OECD Markets: A Focus on Italy

Giovannetti

Sanfilippo

Velucchi

2012

The Chinese Economy

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This paper analyzes the indirect impact of China on the export performance of major European countries (Italy, France, Germany and Spain) in their main destination markets (OECD countries). Given a strong specialization in manufacturing sector, these EU countries are likely to be at risk from China's competition, especially in consumer goods. The heterogeneity in the production (and export) structures of EU countries makes Italy, whose productive structure is based on so-called "traditional" sectors, most vulnerable to China's competitive pressure. Using data for the period 1995-2009, this paper estimates the possible displacement effect at sector level. Results show that there is a considerable variation in different EU countries' exposure to China's competition and that, in some sectors the Chinese exports effect is, indeed, strong. This is particularly true for the more recent period, after China has entered WTO and for Italy, both in traditional and more capital intensive sectors.

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How China Is Reshaping the Industrial Geography of Southeast Asia

Cited by 3 publications

References 22 publications

“Made in China”: the displacement effect of China on Egyptian textile exports

“Made in China”: the displacement effect of China on Egyptian textile exports

Understanding 2016: China, Brexit and Trump in the history of uneven and combined development

The “China Effect” on EU Exports to OECD Markets: A Focus on Italy

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