Arezki, Rabah; Duong Trung Le; Nguyen, Ha; Nguyen, Hieu - 2024
We empirically examine how import competition affects sentiment toward China in local communities in the United States … using a news-based index for sentiment. Results are threefold. First, U.S. sentiment toward China peaked in 2007 before … turning negative. Second, communities more exposed to import competition from China have experienced a greater deterioration …