Foreign firms fled China due to discrimination, long lockdowns, real estate crisis. New investments in China nearly zero. Local Chinese market shrank with excess production capacity. China unbeatable for export production due to low costs and high efficiency. No internal trade barriers unlike fragmented Europe. Unique industrial clusters provide cheap complementary suppliers. Chinese economic model superior regardless of politics. Chinese firms invest heavily in Germany while German investments in China tiny. Real estate slump cut construction and factory jobs. Migrant worker migration during New Year sharply declined. Production shifting out but China wages still low. Industrial energy costs 35-50% of Europe's. Europe's energy prices 2-3 times higher than China or USA. Europe killed nuclear power and added crippling ETS taxes. New European factories take 4-5 years for permits. Europe disrespects manufacturing socially. Poland's GDP 40% from foreign firms, export mostly theirs. Poland needs domestic capital growth and pro-business deregulation. Polish bureaucracy now slows factory builds to 4 years from 5-day past. Poland lacks technical education and vocational schools.
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