A 26 April 2005 '' Asia Times '' article notes that , " In regional giant South Africa , some 300,000 textile workers have lost their jobs in the past two years due to the influx of Chinese goods " . The increasing U.S. trade deficit with China cost 2.4 million American jobs between 2001-2008 , according to a study by the Economic Policy Institute ( EPI ) . From 2000-2007 , the United States lost a total of 3.2 million manufacturing jobs . 12.1 % of US military veterans who had served after the September 11 attacks in 2001 were unemployed as of 2011 ; 29.1 % of male veterans aged 18 – 24 were unemployed . As of September 2016 , the total veteran unemployment rate was 4.3 percent . By September 2017 , that figure had dropped to 3 percent
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