The US lost 3.4 million jobs to China between 2001 and 2015 says a report by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), which would appear to back up President Donald Trump's claims that China is taking jobs. EPI said in its analysis of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) that there were more than 3 million fewer American workers employed in manufacturing during those years compared with 2000.
The US lost 3.4 million jobs to China between 2001 and 2015 says a report by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), which would appear to back up President Donald Trump's claims that China is taking jobs. However, the report does contradict Trump's views that the jobs were lost in areas such as steel and automobiles: “The hardest hit industry was computers and electronic parts—contrary to urban myth,” says EPI's Robert Scott.