This paper examines significant China-Latin America trade patterns that have emerged between 1999 and 2005, and assesses implications of these developments on these trading partners' future economic relationship. We show that China's iron, copper, and soybean imports from Latin America have...

Recent research has examined trade statistics from a value-added perspective and it has traced global value chains (GVC) through countries' domestic production, exports and imports. Research by Koopman et al., Johnson and Noguera, Timmer, and OECD-WTO has made clear that our understanding of...

China's external sector has been the engine behind the country's robust economic growth over the past four decades. By 2016, China's total merchandise trade accounted for 16.1% of the world total, compared to 0.6% in 1978 when its economic reforms were initiated. China's rapid trade growth was...

China's trade and investment relationship with Africa is important to both trading partners. For China, Africa represents a growing source of raw materials –most importantly crude oil, iron ore/concentrates, and copper-- which have helped fuel China's rapid infrastructure development. For...

China is now the world's largest consumer and producer of copper. Its demand for the commodity has soared in tandem with the country's industrialization process, given copper's extensive use in infrastructure (e.g., plumbing, telecommunication wiring, and building materials) and manufacturing...

China's position as the world's second largest recipient of foreign direct investment (FDI) has been well documented. However, it is less well known that China has recently become an important supplier of global FDI. This briefing describes what is known about the magnitude and composition of...