Keep calm and trust Spain brand
MADRID | By Carlos Díaz Guell | A factor to bear in mind is that in the most successful exporting sectors, foreign investment punches high and has become vital to the economy and the Spain brand.
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Sao Paulo €389-million contract goes to Spain’s CAF
MADRID | This new project reinforces the global strategy of the company, with a backlog at the first quarter end of this year amounting to €4.87 billion, with more than 85% exports.
The lesson Spanish exports teach
MADRID | By Luis Alcaide | Having now the evidence of how Spain is successfully expanding its exports, the IMF should be able to tell what are competitive businesses from the onerous legacy of over-privileged labour practices that take place in some institutions.
Italian exports too little for ailing economy
MADRID | By Julia Pastor | Unlike Spain, where the external sector is supporting the economy, Italian exports fell by 1.9% in 1Q13, its worst register from 1Q09. The country’s GDP dropped by 0.6%, and April’s industrial production by 0.3%.
China-Germany relations: dream team or pipe dream?
Angela Merkel refuses to levy tariffs of 47% on Chinese solar panel imports because she fears damaging China-Germany relations and being shut out of its market. However, in Ray Kwong’s view, Berlin is too dependent on China’s economic engine, which could crack anytime due to territorial conflicts, too-rapid expansion of credit, lax environmental oversight, widening discontent among the population and many other legitimate problems.
The Spanish economy as a surprise
MADRID | By Alfredo Pastor, for lavanguardia.com | The main surprise about Spain is the size and speed of our external adjustment. Fiscal adjustment and the good behaviour of exports are also two positive surprises. Citizen solidarity helps counteract the grave effects of the crisis.
Spanish exports fiesta: 40% more companies selling their goods abroad
MADRID | By Juan de la Cruz Martín Rozas, Crédito y Caución | Spain contributes with 1.7% to the global exchange of goods trade, after Germany, France, Italy or the United Kingdom. However, the growth experienced by Spanish exports in recent years, including 2012, is the highest of the European economies.
China needs more than just exports
China’s economic miracle was possible thanks to three decades of cheap manufacturing and exports. Thousands of workers left their villages to become the cheap labour force of China’s southern cities. Now this is a thing of the past.
Peripheral austerity hurts German exports
German exports provided the government with proof that the country’s economy isn’t immune to the crisis affecting the economies in the south of Europe.
Russia, South Korea record highest increase in euro zone imports
EU exports to most of its major partners grew in January-August 2012 compared with January-August 2011, except for India (-5%). The most notable increases were recorded for exports to Russia and South Korea, both +18%.