All we essentially see in this chart, in summary, is, as product penetration went up and increased substantially after 2001, American jobs lost to that trade deficit continued.
Jeff Merkley: “All we essentially see in this chart, in summary, is, as product penetration went up and increased substantially after…”
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Merkley summarizes the correlation between trade deficit and job loss.
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