19/09/2007 11:11:08 am
Trade in Services! When visiting Brasov, allegedly the most well-preserved Medieval town in Transylvania, we bumped into a film recording set next to the famous Black Church. Apparently, this was a German TV series about German history, a large project due to be shown in several countries. The producer explained that the cost was a mere 30 per cent of what it would have been if it had been recorded in Germany. Recently, I also heard that the latest Harry Potter films were recorded in the Czech Republic. Clearly, it is not only traditional manufacturing which is offshored to Eastern and Central Europe. And did anyone say that trade in services was difficult?