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News from EPI Congressman Tim Ryan to Discuss New EPI Research on Jobs Lost to Trade with China

On Thursday, December 11 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern, EPI Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy Research Robert E. Scott will join Congressman Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), United Steelworkers International President Leo Gerard and Alliance for American Manufacturing President Scott Paul for a media teleconference to discuss a new EPI report, China Trade, Outsourcing and Jobs.

The surging U.S. trade deficit with China has cost more than 3.2 million U.S. jobs—the overwhelming majority of them in manufacturing—according to the study being released Thursday. This report comes on the heels of harsh criticism of President Obama’s trade agenda and before the United States and China meet in Chicago next week for the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade.

What: Press call to discuss new report, China Trade, Outsourcing and Jobs
Who: Congressman Tim Ryan (D-Ohio)
Scott Paul, President, Alliance for American Manufacturing
Robert E. Scott, Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy Research, EPI
Leo Gerard, International President, United Steelworkers
When: Thursday, December 11, 2014, 2:00 p.m. Eastern
Call-in number: (800) 944-8766
Code: 50484

To RSVP and receive an embargoed copy of the paper, email news@epi.org.