U.S. jobs displaced by the growing goods trade deficit with China since 2001 (in thousands of jobs)
Year | Jobs displaced (thousands) |
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2001 | 0.0 |
2002 | 218.1 |
2003 | 445.7 |
2004 | 852.1 |
2005 | 1,306.1 |
2006 | 1,651.5 |
2007 | 1,964.5 |
2008 | 2,030.4 |
2009 | 1,686.2 |
2010 | 2,295.0 |
2011 | 2,616.8 |
2012 | 2,764.6 |
2013 | 2,812.3 |
2014 | 2,993.2 |
2015 | 3,197.9 |
2016 | 2,965.2 |
2017 | 3,339.8 |
2018 | 3,704.7 |
Source: Authors’ analysis of USITC 2019, and Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections program 2019a and 2019b. For a more detailed explanation of data sources and computations, see the appendix.