Trade in intermediate goods as one possible link between rising trade and foreign direct investment is examined. To explain growing intermediate goods trade, three hypotheses are brought forward: outsourcing, global sourcing and the increasing importance of MNE networks. These hypotheses are...

Turning the telescope around : the Anglo-American "special" economic relationship in the "post-American" world / Martine Azuelos -- The Irish-US economic relations : end of an era or a promising future? / Vanessa Boullet -- US investment in Northern Ireland : strategies, incentives and...