Number of jobs eliminated by U.S. goods trade deficit with TPP countries, 2015
Direct + indirect jobs | 1,266,100 |
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Direct jobs | 418,900 |
Indirect jobs | 847,200 |
Respending jobs | 759,700 |
Total jobs lost | 2,025,800 |
Source:  Authors’ analysis of Bivens (2014), U.S. Census Bureau (2013), U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC 2016), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS 2016a and 2016b), and BLS Employment Projections program (BLS-EP 2014a, 2014b, and 2015). For a more detailed explanation of data sources and computations, see the appendix.