Chart: Nearly half of the jobs supported by climate and infrastructure investment and rebalancing trade would be good middle-class jobs in manufacturing and construction: Industry shares of jobs supported by trade rebalancing and by infrastructure and climate investments

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Nearly half of the jobs supported by climate and infrastructure investment and rebalancing trade would be good middle-class jobs in manufacturing and construction: Industry shares of jobs supported by trade rebalancing and by infrastructure and climate investments

	Agriculture, mining, utilities	Construction	Manufacturing	Services
Climate and infrastructure	2.4%	12.6%	33.1%	51.9%
Rebalancing trade	21.2%	1.3%	39.5%	38.0%

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Source: EPI analysis of jobs supported by industry from the $2 trillion investment and trade-balancing program outlined in Scott, Mokhiber, and Perez 2020.

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Botched policy responses to globalization have decimated manufacturing employment with often overlooked costs for Black, Brown, and other workers of color: Investing in infrastructure and rebalancing trade can create good jobs for all

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