Trade between China &Pacific Rim Countries

This research examines trade between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and other Pacific Rim countries. Of interest in this context are the trends in such trade and the factors that affect or may affect these trends.

The most common geographical designation in considerations of trade in the Pacific region is the Pacific Basin (Boyd 25-34). While the Pacific Basin is not a strictly defined economic term, the designation is usually defined for economic purposes in a more narrow context geographically than the term Pacific Rim. In an economic sense, the Pacific Basin region is typically considered to extend from a northeast point between the Japanese island of Hokkaido and the southwest mainland of the Republic of Russia where the city of Vladivostok is situated (Boyd 25-34). From this northeast point, the economic boundary of the Pacific Basin extends west to the Indo-Chinese peninsula, covering along the way the PRC, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Viet Nam, Kampuchea, and Thailand on the Indo-Chinese peninsula are included in the Pacific Basin, as are Malaysia and Singapore on the Malay peninsula. Moving south, the Pacific Basin, in an economic context, includes Indonesia and Australia, and then extends eastward to include New Zealand. From New Zealand, the economic boundary of the Pacific Basin extends northeast to Japan, including New Guin

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sing of technology from foreign countries. The special enterprise zone concept is a procedure by which the Chinese plan to accommodate foreign business entities on Chinese soil. Overall, regardless of the specific form of business ventures involving foreign entities, the Chinese have developed and implemented a counter trade framework within which all foreign trade must be accommodated. Each of these factors is discussed in this section. China's joint venture law became effective in July 1979. A Chinese must be chairman of the board of all joint ventures. It is permissible, however, for the joint venture agreement to be so written that all important issues must be agreed to by two-thirds of the board members. Thus, the rights of both parties to the agreement may be fully protected. Further, China has stipulated that the investment of a foreign joint venturer will not be expropriated or otherwise confiscated. Joint venture managements are also provided the right to fire employees for cause, regardless of the current status of China's "iron rice bowl" policy. Profits accruing to a foreign joint venturer may be repatriated. If profits are repatriated, however, they will be subject to an additional (over
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Approximate Word count = 2873
Approximate Pages = 11 (250 words per page)