Number of jobs displaced by U.S. trade deficit with Japan, 2013

Direct and indirect jobs 560,400
Direct jobs 148,400
Indirect jobs 412,000
Respending jobs 336,200
Total 896,600
Economic Policy Institute

Source: Author's analysis of Bivens (2014), U.S. Census Bureau (2013), U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC 2015), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS 2014a), and BLS Employment Projections program (BLS-EP 2014a, 2014b, and 2014c).  For a more detailed explanation of data sources and computations, see the appendix.

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