Climbing Up the Technology Ladder? High-Technology Exports in China and Latin
America
by Kevin P. Gallagher & Roberto Porzecanski
U.C. Berkeley Center for Latin American Studies Working Paper No. 20
The developed world has lost significant market share in high technology
exports. China has captured the bulk of those exports and Latin America is
falling far behind. Authors Kevin Gallagher and Roberto Porzecanski find that
in 1980 China was ranked 99th of all nations in terms of the percentage of
global exports in high technology; by 2005 China had climbed to second place in
the world. Not only is Latin America losing global shares, but the authors find
that close to 95% of all Latin American high technology exports are under some
sort of "threat" from China, comprising more than 12% of total exports from
Latin America. Whereas Latin America has been following a "neo-liberal" set of
trade and technology policies, China has been pursuing a "neo-developmental"
policy that has outperformed Latin America decisively.
The paper is available at:
http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/Pubs/Rp/Gallagher-Porzecanski_BCLAS.pdf
For more on GDAE’s Globalization and Sustainable Development Program:
http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/policy_research/globalization.html
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