EU-Asia relations: technological competition and trade policies in an era of regionalisation

Client/Funding Institution

Anniversary Fund of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank

Abstract

This project analyses various aspects of EU-Asia relationships (with a focus on East and Southeast Asia; E-SE Asia). It addresses two main aspects which characterise current global economic developments: a tendency towards competing regional integration (‘regionalisation’) and fiercer technological competition. It analyses intra- and interregional research collaborations of firms, the positioning of EU and E-SE Asian countries in terms of the functional specialisation of global value chains, technology spillovers from eMNCs (multinationals from emerging E-SE Asian economies) and aMNCs (multinationals from advanced economies) to domestic EU firms, the roles of competing trade policy arrangements and technological complementarity in regional vs. inter-regional integration processes, the impact of different trade policy designs on trade structures in the context of industry-specific technology catching-up and leap-frogging, and global and regional competition between regulatory standards.

Funded by the Anniversary Fund of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank (Project No. 18833).

Duration

June 2023 - May 2026

wiiw team Leader

Michael Landesmann

wiiw Staff

Chiara Castelli, Mahdi Ghodsi, Meryem Gökten, Francesca Guadagno, Mieke Hein, Sandra M. Leitner, Javier Flórez Mendoza, Oliver Reiter, Robert Stehrer

Project Partners

Neil Foster-McGregor, Roman Stöllinger

Keywords: European Union and Asia, technological competition, functional specialization, non-tariff measures, trade policy, industrial policy, innovation policy

Countries covered: Asia, EU

Research Areas: International Trade, Competitiveness and FDI

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