The US lost 3.4 million jobs to China 2016 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.
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.