Chart: Cumulative U.S. jobs displaced by growing trade deficits with China since 2001

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Cumulative U.S. jobs displaced by growing trade deficits with China since 2001

Source: Author's analysis of U.S. Census Bureau (2009), U.S. International Trade Commission (2012), and Bureau of Labor Statistics Office of Employment Projections (2011a and 2011b). For a more detailed explanation of data sources and computations, see the Appendix.

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The China toll: Growing U.S. trade deficit with China cost more than 2.7 million jobs between 2001 and 2011, with job losses in every state

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