Keyword: export

Less than Meets the Eye (1/22/2010)

China’s apparent heavy dependence on exports for its GDP growth conceals the low value-added contents of its exports.

Keywords: China, export, Germany, labor productivity, value added

No Chicken Feet! (1/3/2013)

Chicken feet, long considered a waste product in the US, have become a profit center for the high-volume low-profit US chicken industry in the China export market. But this export trade is not exempted from political whims.

Keywords: byproduct, chicken feet, China, comparative advantage, culture, export, fixed cost, inferior good, tariff, trade protection, US