400,000 American Jobs Lost a Year

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Every year, about 400,000 American jobs are lost because of our foreign trade policy—and that number takes into account employment created by increased exports.

Source
Dean Baker, "Beat the Press:NYT On the War Path for Bush-Clinton-Bush Trade Agenda," American Prospect. 26 April 2008. http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/beat_the_press_archive?month=04&year=2008&base_name=nyt_on_the_war_path_for_bushcl#106087 Martin Crutsinger, "Factory Jobs: 3 Million Lost Since 2000," Associated Press. 20 April 2008. http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8OKGR480&show_article=1