EUROPE’S ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF TRADE FLOWS AND NET FOREIGN ASSETS POSITIONS

Globalisation has been characterised by the emergence of huge imbalances worldwide. Countries have become highly asymmetrical in terms of trade balances and net foreign assets positions as a result of a process of production relocation of unprecedented proportions. The stability itself of Europe’s...

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Main Author: Maria Stella CHIARUTTINI
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Language:English
Published: European Association of Geographers 2015-04-01
Series:European Journal of Geography
Online Access:https://www.eurogeojournal.eu/index.php/egj/article/view/501
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description Globalisation has been characterised by the emergence of huge imbalances worldwide. Countries have become highly asymmetrical in terms of trade balances and net foreign assets positions as a result of a process of production relocation of unprecedented proportions. The stability itself of Europe’s trade position is the result of diverging trajectories for the group of net importing and exporting countries and similar growing disparities can be found analysing cross-country assets holdings. In the paper four main country profiles within Europe are identified: heavily indebted countries with increasing deficits in merchandise trade but growing net FDI positions and net exports in royalties and license fees, like the United Kingdom; rising manufacturing exporters with a positive net FDI position; a periphery of FDI recipients with an improving trade balance, and finally countries, like the Mediterranean ones, that are both net capital and goods importers.
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spelling doaj-art-982f6c0ece274443914f7f764b0e918f2025-01-01T06:58:15ZengEuropean Association of GeographersEuropean Journal of Geography1792-13412410-74332015-04-0152EUROPE’S ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF TRADE FLOWS AND NET FOREIGN ASSETS POSITIONSMaria Stella CHIARUTTINI0University of Zurich, Department of Economics, Zurich, Switzerland Globalisation has been characterised by the emergence of huge imbalances worldwide. Countries have become highly asymmetrical in terms of trade balances and net foreign assets positions as a result of a process of production relocation of unprecedented proportions. The stability itself of Europe’s trade position is the result of diverging trajectories for the group of net importing and exporting countries and similar growing disparities can be found analysing cross-country assets holdings. In the paper four main country profiles within Europe are identified: heavily indebted countries with increasing deficits in merchandise trade but growing net FDI positions and net exports in royalties and license fees, like the United Kingdom; rising manufacturing exporters with a positive net FDI position; a periphery of FDI recipients with an improving trade balance, and finally countries, like the Mediterranean ones, that are both net capital and goods importers. https://www.eurogeojournal.eu/index.php/egj/article/view/501
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EUROPE’S ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF TRADE FLOWS AND NET FOREIGN ASSETS POSITIONS
European Journal of Geography
title EUROPE’S ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF TRADE FLOWS AND NET FOREIGN ASSETS POSITIONS
title_full EUROPE’S ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF TRADE FLOWS AND NET FOREIGN ASSETS POSITIONS
title_fullStr EUROPE’S ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF TRADE FLOWS AND NET FOREIGN ASSETS POSITIONS
title_full_unstemmed EUROPE’S ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF TRADE FLOWS AND NET FOREIGN ASSETS POSITIONS
title_short EUROPE’S ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF TRADE FLOWS AND NET FOREIGN ASSETS POSITIONS
title_sort europe s economic landscape from the perspective of trade flows and net foreign assets positions
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