shuttered nh factory
Trump talks trade at shuttered NH factory
Critics have taken issue with Trump's portrayal of trade as the ultimate boogeyman. While it's true that manufacturing is in rapid decline -- with 4.5 million manufacturing jobs lost since NAFTA took effect in 1994 -- it's not easy to assign blame. In a report last year, the Congressional Research Service concluded that NAFTA's effect on the nation's economy "appears to have been relatively small." Technology is likely the bigger culprit for job losses; robots and other machines make it possible to produce more with fewer workers.