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Until recently a lack of precision around China's economic size was
taken for granted but caused little lost sleep: room to expand and
the pace of growth were self-evident, and everything beyond that
was academic for most purposes. But today the pace and even
direction of China's growth is prone to volatility, and the nation
is sizable enough to cause global disruption. This study reassesses
China's nominal economic size from the bottom up. It compares
China's practices with international standards and reviews the
long-standing arguments about Chinese economic statistics to
separate real concerns from distractions.
Taiwan has a special status for the United States, as both a
leading high-technology economic partner and a place of political
and security concern. The authors look at both the quantitative and
qualitative evidence on the potential effects of a US-Taiwan free
trade agreement (FTA), both for maximizing US economic benefits and
for securing a prosperous and secure future for Taiwan. Their
analysis indicates that the direct economic benefits of a
prospective FTA would be modest and that the FTA could be most
valuable to the United States if it leads Taiwan toward greater
regional integration.
This study describes the experiences of foreign-invested firms in
the mainland Chinese economy and discusses the implications of
those experiences for the foreign commercial policies of the
industrial countries, including the United States. It draws on
extensive interviews with expatriate managers and other
professionals currently at work in China. Whereas recent books on
Chinese marketplace conditions focus on a single firm or issue or
lack a discussion of policy conclusions (because they are prepared
for a commercial audience), this study is distinguished by the
breadth of industry interviews and its concern for policy
implications. Rosen makes a rare attempt to deduce the policy
implications of current experiences of foreign firms in China,
presenting conclusions that go beyond those found in today's usual
policy debate. Behind the Open Door is a must for China specialists
and should be read by anyone with general or business interests in
China or the Asia-Pacific region. The book is an ideal text for MBA
programs that focus on the region, and for political science and
Asian studies courses on China.
Roots of Competitiveness: China's Evolving Agriculture Interests
examines China's interests in global agriculture trade
liberalization. It begins with an overview of China's policy
behavior in recent WTO talks, and then goes back to describe the
reform foundations that got China to this point. This study seeks
to clarify for uncertain observers China's underlying interests on
the question of agriculture trade liberalization - whether to go
faster, slower, not at all beyond the status quo, or even
backwards. manifestly toward reform, structural adjustment and
economic rationalization. China is further along toward the end
point of that process than generally recognized, and shows a deep,
probably irreversible commitment to the process. China can point to
demonstrated successes in raising incomes, overall welfare and
productivity to justify (to itself) the pain of further adjustment,
and has the policy skills to manage (if not minimize) adjustment
costs.
China and Taiwan have built one of the most intertwined and
important economic relationships in the world, and yet that
relationship is not mutually open, compliant with World Trade
Organization norms, or even fully institutionalized. What's more,
despite massive trade and investment flows, the boundary between
the two is a serious flashpoint for potential conflict. But leaders
in Beijing and Taipei have committed to normalize and deepen their
economic intercourse and open a new post-Cold War era in their
relationship. While the political significance of this gambit has
captured attention worldwide, the scope of opening intended and the
bilateral, regional, and global effects likely to ensue are as yet
poorly understood. This volume attempts to remedy that uncertainty
with careful modeling combined with a qualitative assessment of the
implications of the cross-strait economic opening now agreed in an
Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA). The study explores
the implications for Taiwan and China, for their neighbors, and for
the United States if this undertaking is fully implemented by 2020.
The intention of this paper is to analyze the impact of a threat
environment in the creation of a hi-tech cluster through the
development of an independent defense industry. In order to
conclude the implications of a military industry in the development
of a hi-tech cluster, it was studied the case of the evolution of
Israel's defense industry into a diverse hi - tech industry
(Silicon Wadi). As it will be presented in this study, the major
implication of having an independent defense industry is that it
creates a path dependency in the military sector and if it's
handled correctly through the cooperation between academia,
military forces and business sectors it will be possible to create
transitions of this technologies into civilian applications,
diversifying the entrance of resources and creating an entrepreneur
environment.
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