Unbalanced U.S. trade with China since 2001 has had a devastating effect on U.S. workers. Between 2001 and 2007, the trade deficit lost or displaced 2.3 million jobs in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Today’s Snapshot, by EPI economist Robert Scott, illustrates the job loss or displacement with a map.
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