One of our main activities is organising and hosting Luncheon Briefings on pertinent topics of EU-Asia relations. Beginning with an informal lunch, the Briefings usually last for 1.5 hours, including questions.

Attendees include EIAS members and other interested parties.

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Relocating Productive Capacities to China? or Elsewhere?
16 November 2004, EIAS, Brussels

Prof Sylvain Plasschaert, Emeritus, University of Leuven, will address this issue.

China's role in the global economy is growing rapidly. China's membership to the World Trade Organisation, its political stability and the recent internal developments made to facilitate international trade and foreign investment have all contributed to making China a prominent global economic player. In light of China's dynamic and rapidly changing business environment Professor Plasschaert will analyse the issue of the relocation of productive capacities. The closure of productive capacity in a 'home country' entails a simultaneous establishment of such productive capacity in a ‘host country‘. With its growing productivity, improving quality of goods and production facilities and low labour and capital costs the question of whether China will become host to an important amount of productive capacities in the future must be raised.

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Letter of Invitation (pdf)