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Beyond the Podium: WorldSkills, China and ASEAN
In September this year, two sets of medals were handed out. The first at the 20th Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, came amid controversy: an inadequate budget, poor accommodation, widespread transport and logistical failures and, not least, the North Korean national anthem being played at a men’s hockey match between Bangladesh and South Korea. Surprisingly ‘un-Japanese’,…
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Tracing ASEAN’s Value-Added Trade With Key Partners
Developing and emerging economies often frame trade policy around increasing domestic value added in products they export. Indonesia would like to do more nickel refining at home rather than exporting nickel ore. Brunei would like to ‘upgrade’ or ‘move up the value chain’ in oil and gas. Doing more at home is expected to lead…
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Same neighbour, different roles: ASEAN-China trade in intermediate goods
Since a very large proportion of ASEAN’s trade with China is in intermediate goods, I continue my data exploration exercise from the previous post. I start with all eleven ASEAN countries but aggregate up from the six to the four-digit level to make things more manageable. The following table shows that every ASEAN economy imports…
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