Fear of China: Is there a Future for Manufacturing in Latin America?

By Mauricio Mesquita Moreira. 2004

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China¿s emergence has raised pointed questions about the future of manufacturing in Latin America. This paper looks at this challenge and its implications. It begins by asking: Does manufacturing still matter for Latin America? It argues that the region cannot afford to turn its back to a well-proven road to development. It then moves on to show that endowments, productivity, scale and the government¿s role, all work together to make China a formidable competitor. The importance of this challenge is confirmed by an analysis of the trade data, which suggests a small impact so far, but a disquieting trend.

Subfields: Development, Economics and Econometrics

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Citations in the corpus

• The Place of Disarticulations: Global Commodity Production in La Laguna, Mexico (2011, background): “…dynamic by which many garment and textile producing areas in Mexico and the circumCaribbean have been incorporated into and expelled from global commodity circuits over the last decade, as the industry's center of gravity has shifted decisively to Asia (Mesquita, 2007; Werner and Bair, 2009).”