Hong Kong design and Sino-American trade negotiations.

Turner, Matthew

Abstract

My article considers how ‘originality and imitation’ in design is perceived as an intrinsic quality, but may be better understood as a relative quality when viewed from the perspective of trade negotiations between developed and developing economies. Here, US National Archives / UK Public Record Office trade archives 1950-1960 are paralleled with more recent Sino-American trade tensions. The article concludes by arguing the circumstances under which formerly ‘imitative’ products are later perceived to be ‘original’.

Citation

Turner, M. (2004). Hong Kong design and Sino-American trade negotiations. In K. Law, & K. Lee (Eds.), The Economy of Hong Kong in Non-Economic Perspectives (130-141). Oxford (Asia)

• Publication Date: 2004
• Deposit Date: Mar 14, 2008
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 130-141
• Book Title: The Economy of Hong Kong in Non-Economic Perspectives
• ISBN: 0-19-592966-7
• Keywords: trade archives; Sino-American trade; originality and imitation; US National Archives; UK Public Record Office; intrinsic quality
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2307