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Asia’s Auto Industry: The Concubine Economy

Asia countries gains access to state-of-the-art technology through joint ventures. This form of cooperation has been dubbed the “concubine economy.” Just as the Chinese emperors once selected their concubines, Asia Government selects foreign companies and grants them the right to produce goods locally in cooperation with a domestic partner. If Donald Trump really wants to grab American voters’ attention on unfair trade, all he needs to

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ASEAN Auto Tariff Expands Free Zone in 2018

Thailand-based OEMs are set to benefit from the expansion of an existing auto tariff-free zone to ASEAN members Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam in 2018. Thailand is a regional production and export hub for the world’s top automakers, including Japan’s Toyota, Honda, Mitsubishi, Isuzu and Nissan, as well as U.S.-based General Motors, primarily Chevrolet, and Ford. According to global market-research firm IHS, Thai

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