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China and Japan: A thankful world for cooler heads

  • Published 20 Oct 2010

John Vail of Nikko Asset Management talks on the complex yet integral relationship between Japan and China.

China and Japan have one of the world’s most important economic relationships. China depends upon Japanese technology and employment-creating capital, whilst Japan’s multinationals rely on China as an important manufacturing and consumption base. As for direct trade, China accounts for approximately 20% of Japan’s exports and imports, the bulk of which are products related to Japanese producers in China (for example, computer components which are exported to China, assembled, then sent back as completed units to Japan).

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