China's Overseas Investment in the European Union

TY - JOUR

T1 - China's Overseas Investment in the European Union

AU - Brown, Kerry

PY - 2012/6/18

Y1 - 2012/6/18

N2 - Chinese overseas investment is a new, and growing phenomenon. In the last decade, there have been exponential increases in how much direct investment is flowing from China, particularly into the resource sector. As the eurozone crisis has deepened since 2008, there has been continuing talk by political and business leaders of investment in Europe being a key target for Chinese companies. And yet, the amounts invested so far come to less than 5 percent of China's global overseas foreign direct investment (FDI) total. In the crucial determinants of Chinese FDI, the EU ranks low. There is therefore a good structural reason why, despite the ambitious talk of the Chinese coming to invest more in vital sectors in the EU, this is not happening at the moment and is not likely to happen until China develops into a middle income, more developed economy. Adapted from the source document.

AB - Chinese overseas investment is a new, and growing phenomenon. In the last decade, there have been exponential increases in how much direct investment is flowing from China, particularly into the resource sector. As the eurozone crisis has deepened since 2008, there has been continuing talk by political and business leaders of investment in Europe being a key target for Chinese companies. And yet, the amounts invested so far come to less than 5 percent of China's global overseas foreign direct investment (FDI) total. In the crucial determinants of Chinese FDI, the EU ranks low. There is therefore a good structural reason why, despite the ambitious talk of the Chinese coming to invest more in vital sectors in the EU, this is not happening at the moment and is not likely to happen until China develops into a middle income, more developed economy. Adapted from the source document.

U2 - 10.1080/03932729.2012.683279

DO - 10.1080/03932729.2012.683279

M3 - Article

SN - 0393-2729

VL - 47

SP - 74

EP - 86

JO - The International Spectator (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

JF - The International Spectator (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

IS - 2

ER -