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Is bigger better for European Union?
Central and East European countries will continue to have a comparative advantage as destinations of foreign direct investment, although the changing environment will oblige them to diversify further into more service and knowledge-intensive sectors, said a researcher from the Japan External Trade Organization.
A recent JETRO survey shows that a majority of Japanese firms planning to build new manufacturing operations in Europe consider central and eastern parts of the region as candidate sites, Masakazu Tachikawa, director of the Europe Division of JETRO's Overseas Research Department, told the July 19 symposium.