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Germany's automotive, mechanical engineering, and industrial goods companies prioritize moving less complex processes overseas to secure their business futures. Berlin's chances of reversing such a trend are in doubt, as companies express disappointment in the current government's actions to forestall their departure.
Taiwanese server ODMs such as Inventec and Quanta Computer and associated component suppliers are diversifying production locations amid geopolitical tensions, favoring Thailand and Mexico.
Taiwan-based PCB manufacturers are facing challenges as they push forward with relocating production to Southeast Asia, particularly Thailand, such as limited land, water, and electrical supplies.
Gabriel Felbermayr, Marina Steininger, Erdal Yalcin China has emerged as a world trading power thanks to its deep economic reforms beginning in the 1980s, as well as its membership in the WTO since 2001. China’s share of global manufacturing exports surged from 2% to 16% between 1990 and 2011 (Acemoglu et al. 2016). Starting in 2018, the Trump administration introduced a series of tariffs on imports from China, triggering retaliation. The resulting US-China trade war stimulated several studies on the effects of the costs and benefits of protection (e.g. Amiti et al. 2019, Flaaen and Pierce...