China Trade Roundup illustrates recent trends in China’s trade performance and the outlook going forward with a summary of the latest trade data. In this edition, we also examine China’s recent rebound in trade and analyse the contribution of different countries and regions of the world to China’s total trade. By William Dey-Chao.
Although China is geographically very large, overseas procurement managers usually do not have to travel far and wide to visit different suppliers. This is partly due to industrial clustering in China. In this edition we look at China’s industrial clusters to see how local manufacturing capacity of various goods has been concentrated in order to enhance competitiveness. By the Bateman Beijing Axis Sourcing team.
In Q1 2010, the China Sourcing Blog (CSB) considered the prospects offered by the new ASEAN-China free trade agreement, compared China and India’s sourcing potential by dissecting the two countries’ logistical and industrial capabilities, and examined some of China’s internal challenges with an investigation on recent movements and job prospects of the country’s millions of migrant workers. By Charles Avery.