A great article by Andrew Batson in the Wall Street Journal shows how trade stats are often misleading. The article “Not Really ‘Made in China’: The iPhone’s Complex Supply Chain Highlights Problems With Trade Statistics” illustrates how the entire value of the iphone is considered by present stats as part of the U.S. trade deficit with China, however, in value-added terms less than 4% of the value of the product is actually attributed to China, while 34% should be attributed
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Posts on the relationship between China and Korea.
Chinese Aren’t Coming
Korea Times (July 23, 2010) By Sean Hayes Willie Sutton, the famous 1940s bank robber, was attributed with answering a reporter’s questions concerning why he robs banks with: “that is where the money is.” The Japanese, knowing that China is where the money is, loves China ― why don’t the Koreans? The Chinese knowing that Japan is developing a vibrant “Chapanese” economy love Japan ― why don’t the Chinese love Korea? Overwhelmingly, Korean employees and shareholders believe that the Chinese
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