[eng] USSR's interventions on the world grain market - The tensions on the grain market at present are due partly to the interventions of the USSR. In many third world countries, the state of food reserves still depends on whether or not they have access to the international grain market. But...

China, which since the 1980s has developed a dynamic export sector in order to drive its economic development, was hit hard by the collapse in global demand in late 2008. This episode revealed the fragility of the Chinese growth model, which is currently at a crossroads, not only as a result of...

[fre] Les délocalisations au coeur de l'expansion du commerce extérieur chinois Dans les années 90, l'afflux d'investissements étrangers a créé en Chine des industries très dynamiques qui ont accéléré la croissance économique et qui lui ont assuré .: des gains de parts de marchés...

During the past ten years, the emerging economies, exporters of manufactured products or services, and the rentier states, exporters of primary products, have eroded the dominant position of the developed countries in world markets. The EU15 has lost less ground than the US or Japan. The EU15...

China and India are two demographic giants that have become big developing economic powers. They have maintained their specialization in textiles and developed outward-oriented sectors linked to new technologies, taking advantage of offshoring and outsourcing. Their increasing contribution to...