A growth slowdown in the People’s Republic of China causing a decline in trade would be felt across Asia, with commodity exporters and trade partners closest to the country hit hardest.

Although the region’s dependence on trade with China has been expanding fast, the effects of such a slowdown would not be catastrophic, says a new book published by the Asian Development Bank Institute.

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https://www.adb.org/publications/slowdown-prc-structural-factors-and-implications-asia

About the authors

Peter Morgan is co-chair of ADBI’s Research Department.

Fan Zhai is the former managing director of the China Investment Corporation.

About the book editors

Peter Morgan is co-chair of the Research Department at the Asian Development Bank Institute.

Justin Yi-fu Lin is director of the Center for New Structural Economics, Peking University, China.

Guanghua Wan is director of the Institute of World Economy, Fudan University, China.

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