The Manufacturing Report: Economist Rob Scott on why 3.4 million jobs were lost to China.
Rob Scott from the Economic Policy Institute joins Scott Paul to talk about how lopsided trade with China led to the loss of 3.4 million jobs between 2001 and 2015. Nearly three-fourths of these jobs were in manufacturing. Closing the trade deficit is the first step in creating new U.S. factory jobs, Scott argues.
27 Feb 201711min
The Manufacturing Report, Episode Two
Alliance for American Manufacturing President Scott Paul chats with Adams Nager, economic policy analyst at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, about automation and its impact on manufacturing. In a new report, Nager destroys the myth that robots are taking factory jobs — and argues that trade and faltering U.S. competitiveness is actually to blame.
21 Feb 201713min
The Manufacturing Report, Episode One
In the debut episode of The Manufacturing Report, Alliance for American Manufacturing President Scott Paul looks at the importance of Buy America preferences. He also analyzes what's happening in the trade debate.
13 Feb 20177min
