when china s economy experiences a downturn it has a palpable impact on the worldwide trade in metals energy grains and many more commodities this leads to economic pain through much of the world although it is most acute in eastern europe the middle east and africa as these areas rely on china for a larger percentage of their revenue 
special considerationsthere are some countries that experience very few spillover effects in the global market such closed off economies are very rare for instance even north korea an economy nearly sealed off from world trade in 2024 has begun to feel the spillover effects from intermittent chinese slowdowns no matter how strong developed countries are still vulnerable to spillover effects especially stemming from powerful economic phenomena japan the u s and the eurozone for example have all experienced spillover effects from china at some point 