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Will China's Development lead to Mexico's Underdevelopment?

Journal of World-Systems Research

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Title Will China's Development lead to Mexico's Underdevelopment?
 
Creator Schwartzman, Kathleen C.
 
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Globalization; Underdevelopment; South-South Competition; Mexico; China; Garlic
 
Description China has become an important global actor in the arenas of production, trade, and foreign investment. In 1948, China contributed slightly less than 1 percent to global exports; by 2013, it had grown to almost 12 percent. Has China's vertiginous trade growth come at the expense of other exporters or does it represent an expansion of new consumer markets? For policy makers in the so-called "emerging markets," this is most relevant since many have adopted the export-led model as their engine of development. The goal of this article is to add to the current literature on the effect of China's growth on Mexico. Combining elements of world-systems, race-to-the-bottom, and global commodity chain frameworks, I analyze the consequences of China's export growth in garlic. The evidence strongly suggests that China's entrance into this global market has had deleterious consequences for Mexico's production and exports.
 
Publisher University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
 
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Date 2015-02-26
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://jwsr.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/jwsr/article/view/545
10.5195/jwsr.2015.545
 
Source Journal of World-Systems Research; Volume 21, Number 1, Winter/Spring 2015; 106-123
1076-156X
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://jwsr.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/jwsr/article/view/545/557
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2015 Kathleen C. Schwartzman
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