Not a few goods of those industries are exported to the advanced economies in the United States and Europe directly or through assembly bases in Asian countries.
2. EMU’s growth engine  The European Commission estimated in 20131 that the euro-area medium-term growth prospects – in other words, the growth rate in the next ten years without any additional reforms – is only 1%. These figures would hardly earn you a place in the heart of a young Top Trumps enthusiast.