Mexico as claimants on the somewhat unusual issue of export restrictions on natural resources. For the claimants, Chinese … export restrictions on various raw materials, of which the country is a major producer, create shortages in foreign markets … increasing the prices of these goods. China defends export limitations by presenting them as a natural resource conserving policy …

This paper examines the link between imported technologies and a country's export performance, as measured by product … captured by the degree of involvement of European companies in export flows from our sample countries (outward processing trade …