No, the biggest factor has been our high corporate tax and out of control regulations and environmentalism.
Of course out of control corrupt taxes and environmental laws are a factor too. But instead of using the trillions to fight for their corporate cause, they just took hundreds of thousands of jobs overseas. Those back in the U.S. could not compete. How convenient huh?
It sure made it easy for those who had the mean$ and jumped on the Free Trade bandwagon which made it easy to wipe out the competition back in the U.S. Funny how that works.
In fact some of these criminal political frauds actually ginned up the environmental laws in the U.S. to kill off the competitors of those who took the jobs overseas.
Back door deals and bribes are king. Wink wink.
Free Traitors™, like yourself, go hermitile on threads that dare question the trade policies that have gone unfettered for 30+ years, policies backed by both parties and the largest communist country in the world. There is little or no sign of abatement except for Trump. It shows what f-ing intolerant fascists Free Traitors™ really are. Or are you scared?