Economists say the U.S. manufacturing decline in recent decades was not mainly about free trade, but about the pace of change ...

President Trump claims 90,000 factories have shuttered since the free trade agreement took effect, but more recent data shows the figure is misleadingly high.

Only California and New York have lost more manufacturing jobs than Michigan since Jan. 1, 2019, when Whitmer became governor ...

It’s still up for debate whether free trade is predominantly to blame for the decline in US manufacturing, though, as several studies have pointed to automation leading to more job losses than ...

The president says “jobs and factories will come roaring back” because of his trade policies, but the economic story of the American 21st century has also been shaped by the deliberate pursuit of ...

If you believe the political rhetoric, you probably think America's industrial base has been hollowed out, gutted or “shipped overseas.” Across the ideological spectrum, people say U.S.

President Trump promises to bring back manufacturing jobs to the U.S. If we forget that he can’t do what he claims he will, ...

The loss of manufacturing jobs is partly about globalisation, which Trump is seeking to reverse. But research shows that ...

While the White House is waging a trade war on behalf of US manufacturing, the largest and most important part of the US economy, one that has a trade surplus, not a gap, is under threat.

US factory activity contracted for the first time this year in March as the Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing ...

South Korea added nearly 200,000 jobs in March, but employment in the construction and manufacturing sectors continued to ...