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China’s International Competitiveness: Reassessing the Evidence

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Ari Van Assche
Chang Hong
Veerle Slootmaekers

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In this paper we argue that export data are an inadequate tool to measure a country’s international competitiveness when external trade is dominated by export-processing trade. Export data do not necessarily reflect the value produced in an exporting country, but rather capture the gross value of the products that leave a country’s ports. We demonstrate that, in the case of China, this leads to an upward bias in both the perceived quantitative and qualitative threats to the Western economies.

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Paper provided by LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, K.U.Leuven in its series LICOS Discussion Papers with number 20508.

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Keywords: China; export-processing trade; technological intensity; trade balance;

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