“labor-saving innovation rather than trade is overwhelmingly responsible for the loss of manufacturing jobs.”
And that labor-saving innovation birthed by the necessity of productivity made illegal by ill-advised “minimum wage” laws.
““labor-saving innovation rather than trade is overwhelmingly responsible for the loss of manufacturing jobs.”
That would be a great argument if American workers were being laid off as their old jobs were being automated.
But that isn’t what has been happening.
Companies have been closing their American plants and transferring that manufacturing to new plants in China and Mexico. This isn’t automation-caused job loss.