International trade and industrial dynamics: Geographical and structural dimensions of Chinese and Sino-EU merchandise trade

Applied Geography

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 130-142

  Li, Li ^a   Dunford, Michael ^a,b   Yeung, Godfrey ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

China; EU; Globalization; Industrial upgrading; International trade; Revealed comparative advantage

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; COMPETITIVENESS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPORT; IMPORT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; TRADE FLOW; TRADE PERFORMANCE; TRADE RELATIONS;

CHINA; FRANCE; GERMANY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79960179910     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2010.10.017     Document Type: Article

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