Competitiveness of the European Union versus the main economic power of the world

Thèmes abordés

Competitiveness, European Union, main economic power, world, Treaty of Maastricht, Europe, EU

Résumé du document

The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union composed of 28 Member States born February 7, 1992 by the Treaty of Maastricht. With a total population of over 500 million inhabitants, the EU is the world's leading economic power and generates 25% of global GDP. It is also a construction of a new genre that combines both features of the federation and confederation, while ensuring a European citizenship. Versus it, we can find the power of the United-State which is called "Superpower".
Through folder and some concrete examples, we will analyze and try to understand what makes the strength of each of the two blocks. Also, we see that for some years now, thanks to globalization, new countries are trying to take their game attracting multinationals, making them a great step forward.

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[...] Between 1995 and 2005, production in the manufacturing industry in the EU- 25 increased by 20%. This strong growth was driven by growth in key manufacturing activities, including transportation equipment, chemicals, electrical and electronic equipment. In 2004, the added value of manufacturing activity in the EU-27 grew by about from the reports of the organization. This is mainly supported by Germany, France, UK and Italy. However, some countries such as Spain, Austria, but also the Netherlands and Belgium have experienced a significant increase in industrial production in adapting to global demand. [...]

[...] Indeed, although the economic impact appears to be unbeatable, the budget to host such events is enormous, causing strikes and demonstrations of people shouting in the streets to hear that their own budget suffers. What are the activities ? The sports world is not the only economic activity in these emerging countries. Originally, they were able to attract a large number of multinational companies through a fast labor and relatively inexpensive, and whatever the field (electronics, textile . Thus, thanks to the various relocation of production to these countries, they were able to acquire two relatively large growth figures. [...]

[...] The stakes are enormous for the pharmaceutical market is expected to reach almost 12% annual growth by 2016, against globally. The pharmaceutical industry is not alone in being attractive to brands. Indeed, we observe several years arrival auto groups in these countries. And again, the arrival of the latter is not due to chance By 2020, it is estimated that the automotive markets of emerging BRIC countries outside should experience a growth rate of per annum. They will account for 20% of sales of vehicles in the world. [...]

[...] However, it turns out that some countries such as Germany or Spain pulls strong economic growth through these policies. For example, there are 13 clusters only in the Basque region of Spain. However, they now generate 45% of PIB in the region. The objectives for the future Following that we have studied, it seems clear that the main objective of the member states of the European Union is to maintain leadership in regard to the manufacturing industry. To do this, it seems as obvious focus on R & D in order to ensure increasingly efficient innovation and the cutting edge of technology protected by patents. [...]

[...] 13 Conclusion 15 Introduction The European Union is an economic and political union composed of 28 Member States born February by the Treaty of Maastricht. With a total population of over 500 million inhabitants, the EU is the world's leading economic power and generates 25% of global GDP. It is also a construction of a new genre that combines both features of the federation and confederation, while ensuring a European citizenship. Versus it, we can find the power of the United-State which is called “Superpower”. [...]