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GLOBAL APPAREL/CLOTHING EUROPE:

GLOBAL APPAREL/CLOTHING EUROPE:. COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON TRADE LIBERALIZATION AND PRODUCTION NETWORKS IN THE NEW EUROPEAN CLOTHING INDUSTRY. Convenors. John Pickles (UNC) Gary Gereffi (Duke University) Meenu Tewari (UNC) Adrian Smith (Queen Mary College, University of London). Sponsors.

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GLOBAL APPAREL/CLOTHING EUROPE:

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  1. GLOBAL APPAREL/CLOTHING EUROPE: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON TRADE LIBERALIZATION AND PRODUCTION NETWORKS IN THE NEW EUROPEAN CLOTHING INDUSTRY

  2. Convenors • John Pickles (UNC) • Gary Gereffi (Duke University) • Meenu Tewari (UNC) • Adrian Smith (Queen Mary College, University of London)

  3. Sponsors • Center for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies • Center for European Studies • EU Center • University Center for International Studies • Carolina Asia Center • National Science Foundation

  4. Special thanks to… • Robert Jenkins (CSEEES) • Jeremy Pinkham (CSEEES) • Ruth Mitchell-Pitts (CES) • Gali Beeri (CES) • Meredith Clason (CSEEES) • Niklaus Steiner (UCIS)

  5. How Are We To Think About Industrial and Community Adjustment? • The Role of the European Union • Euro-Mediterranean Economic Zone

  6. How Are We To Think About Industrial and Community Adjustment? • The Role of the European Union • Euro-Mediterranean Economic Zone • Western European production systems

  7. How Are We To Think About Industrial and Community Adjustment? • The Role of the European Union • Euro-Mediterranean Economic Zone • Western European production systems • Central Europe

  8. How Are We To Think About Industrial and Community Adjustment? • The Role of the European Union • Euro-Mediterranean Economic Zone • Western European production systems • Central Europe • East and Southeast Europe

  9. How Are We To Think About Industrial and Community Adjustment? • The Role of the European Union • Euro-Mediterranean Economic Zone • Western European production systems • Central Europe • East and Southeast Europe • CIS

  10. Central and East European Apparel

  11. Central and East European Apparel

  12. Coordinating the ‘industrial transition’ and competition policy • Western Europe • Old industries  ‘new economy’ • Low value added  higher value added • Central and Eastern Europe • High quality fabrics - low-cost assembly • Regional upgrading (CMCMTOBM, logistics) • New lower cost assembly regions • CEE SEE  Ukraine, Belarus  ??? • Geographically extended value chains • Regionally integrated production

  13. The coordinating role of the ‘EU’? • DGTrade, DGEnlargement,… • Customs agreements – outward processing • Quota removal and tariff reduction • Institutional reform: alignment, contract law, • Infrastructural development: roads • Competition policy • Research and development • Coordination mechanisms

  14. The coordinating role of the ‘EU’? • DGTrade, DGEnlargement,… • Customs agreements – outward processing • Quota removal and tariff reduction • Institutional reform: alignment, contract law, • Infrastructural development: roads • Competition policy • Research and development • Coordination mechanisms

  15. The Role of Outward Processing Trade (All Apparel)

  16. Globalization, Delocalization, and Regionalization • Delocalization • Extended production networks • East European economic integration • Inter-regional shifts

  17. Globalization, Delocalization, and Regionalization • Delocalization • Extended production networks • East European economic integration • Inter-regional shifts • Western Europe  Central Europe  Southeastern Europe

  18. Globalization, Delocalization, and Regionalization • Delocalization • Extended production networks • East European economic integration • Inter-regional shifts • Western Europe  Central Europe  Southeastern Europe • Upgrading, FDI, and new capacities

  19. Globalization, Delocalization, and Regionalization • Delocalization • Extended production networks • East European economic integration • Inter-regional shifts • Western Europe  Central Europe  Southeastern Europe • Upgrading, FDI, and new capacities • Trans-border triangular trade

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