'Greater Chinese' Global Production Networks in the Middle East: The Rise of the Jordanian Garment Industry
'Greater Chinese' Global Production Networks in the Middle East: The Rise of the Jordanian Garment Industry
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中东“大中华”全球生产网络：约旦服装业的崛起
DOI：
10.1111/dech.12065
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发表时间：
2013
影响因子：
3
通讯作者：
Azmeh S
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作者：
Azmeh S
从中国大陆、香港和台湾到发展中世界其他地区的“大中华”资本的扩张日益受到关注。这在撒哈拉以南非洲地区尤为突出，在那里，大中华投资、企业和工人的活动范围广泛，从采掘商品部门到基础设施项目、农业和制造业。对大中华区投资研究较少的一个地区是中东。这篇文章的重点是约旦的情况。约旦迅速成为美国重要的服装供应国，这是一项独特的优惠贸易协定的结果。这篇文章描绘了这一优惠贸易协定刺激大中华服装制造商向约旦转移的方式。使用全球生产网络（GPN）框架，并利用主要和次要证据，它评估了大中华地区对约旦投资背后的动态;它还探讨了在约旦经营的大中华地区服装生产商组织供应链并与全球服装GPN联系的方式。最后，它考虑了这种资本流动与亚洲移徙工人涌入约旦出口服装部门之间的关系。
The expansion of ‘Greater Chinese’ capital from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan into other parts of the developing world is increasingly noted. It is especially prominent in sub‐Saharan Africa where Greater Chinese investments, firms and workers are found across a wide range of activities, from the extractive commodity sectors, to infrastructure projects, agriculture and manufacturing. One region where Greater Chinese investment is less well studied is the Middle East. This article focuses on the case of Jordan. Jordan has rapidly emerged as an important supplier of apparel to the United States, a consequence of a distinct preferential trade agreement. The article charts the ways in which this preferential trade agreement has stimulated the shifts of Greater Chinese garment manufacturers to Jordan. Using a global production networks (GPN) framework, and drawing on primary and secondary evidence, it assesses the dynamics behind Greater Chinese investments into Jordan; it also explores the ways in which Greater Chinese garment producers operating in Jordan organize their supply chains and are linked into the global garments GPNs. Finally, it considers the relationship between such capital flows and the influx of Asian migrant workers into the Jordanian export garment sector.