The United States direct investment and intra-industry trade with Japan, the Four Tigers and China

William X. Wei, Yu Peng, Meina Xu and Jin Zhang

International Journal of Business and Emerging Markets, 2012, vol. 4, issue 2, 91-106

Abstract: This study analyses the differences in Intra-Industry Trade (IIT) patterns between the USA and Japan, China and the Four Tigers: Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The estimated IIT indices show US-Japan trade with the highest level of IIT and US-China trade with the most rapid growth in IIT. The empirical data shows that US direct investment enhanced its IIT with East Asia countries as a whole and with Japan, the Four Tigers and China separately, but the effects of US FDI on IIT for the three groups are diverse.

Keywords: intra-industry trade; FDI; foreign direct investment; USA; United States; Japan; China; Korea; Singapore; Hong Kong; Taiwan. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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