This study analyzes the effects of increased trade with China and Eastern Europe on manufacturing employment in 1 … increased import exposure from China for our sample of Western European countries, whereas spatial spillover effects turn out to …

emergence of China as an exporting powerhouse. While research in economics had long acknowledged that trade with lower …-income countries could raise income inequality in Europe and the US, empirical estimates indicated only a modest contribution of trade … the unequal impacts of trade can manifest along different margins. Recent evidence from countries across Europe and the US …