An Evolutionary Perspective on Production Networks in the Asia-US region Satoshi Inomata Institute of Developing Economies JETRO

Length of Linkage Fragmentation level of production process Strength of Linkage = {(l ij – δ ij ) + (g ij – δ ij )}/2

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A high degree of fragmentation and sophistication. The emergence of tri-polar trade structure in the international distribution of value-added. Deepening interdependency, while showing a gradual shift of weight towards China.