3/24: New study shows cost of China trade to states

Atlanta Business Chronicle: New study shows cost of China trade to states

The report from the Economic Policy Institute shows the U.S. is bleeding millions of jobs as a result of the nation's growing trade deficit, primarily with China.

Since China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001, 2.4 million jobs have been lost or displaced in the U.S. as a result of the trade deficit with that nation, the report said. Georgia was among the hardest-hit states, losing 78,100 jobs over the seven-year period (2001-2008) covered by the EPI study.

In North Carolina, 95,100 jobs have been lost over the last decade, making it the second hardest-hit state in the nation.

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