This research studies the effect of import competition from China for the period after the financial crisis 2008 …-09 until 2014. It draws on a unique dataset containing employment information for 248 regions in the EU. The uncovered … results leads to the conclusion that Chinese import competition was not a primary driving force of European manufacturing …

The mandate for this study was to undertake an evaluation of EU external action as managed by three DGs: DG RELEX, DG … 2010, and a geographical scope that is essentially global with the exception of the EU enlargement countries. Stakeholders … from both inside and outside the EU, in both partner countries and global organisations, were to be covered. The main …