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Trump's Trade War Has Killed 300K Jobs
Trump’s Trade War Has Killed 300K Jobs
September 10, 2019 at 8:43 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 59 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2019/09/10/trumps-trade-war-has-killed-300k-jobs/
"SNIP.....
Yahoo News: “Forecasting firm Moody’s Analytics estimates that Trump’s trade war with China has already reduced U.S. employment by 300,000 jobs, compared with likely employment levels absent the trade war.”
“That’s a combination of jobs eliminated by firms struggling with tariffs and other elements of the trade war, and jobs that would have been created but haven’t because of reduced economic activity.”
....SNIP"