How did the coronavirus crisis accelerate the restructuration of global value chains?
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Toward a reshoring of industrial activities in Europe? A study of the Technical University of Munich (TUM München) underlines the global tendency toward a reshoring of activities in the country of origin or the nearshoring in countries lying in its vicinity which would entail an increased recourse to robotization.
In how far is Europe concerned and what are the foreseeable consequences? Which are the parameters for this evolution and how does it translate in some of Europe’s most vital industrial sectors?
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Philipp Siegert, Head Office, Hanns Seidel Foundation, Paris
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Dalia Marin, Professor of International Economics, Technical University of Munich
Patricia Commun, Professor of German Civilization, Université de Cergy-Pontoise
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Eric-André Martin, Secretary General of the Study Committee on Franco-German Relations (Cerfa), Ifri
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