International Trade

and Job Loss in Ohio

 

an Update

 

 

 

International trade results in 52,265 lost Ohio jobs
New report finds that jobs continue to vanish during economic “recovery”

 

Between January 1995 and July 2004, 52,265 Ohio jobs were certified by the federal government as having been lost due to international trade, according to an updated International Trade and Job Loss in Ohio report, released on October 5th, 2004 by Policy Matters. The report was released at a forum on manufacturing employment held in conjunction with the vice presidential debate in Cleveland.

 

 

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International Trade and Job Loss

 

Report of February 2004

 

Although trade advocates argued that the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and other trade agreements would add jobs to the U.S. economy, 45,734 Ohio jobs lost between 1995 and October 2003 can be directly traced to international trade. A new Policy Matters Ohio analysis of data from the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program and the former North American Free Trade Agreement-Trade Adjustment Assistance (NAFTA-TAA) program finds that 75 of Ohio's 88 counties experienced job loss as a result of international trade over the last 8 years.

 

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Fact File

 


 

Groups Debate Impact of CAFTA Trade Bill

Dayton Business Journal, July 08, '05

 

The Jobless Plead for a Fix

St. Petersburg Times, October 07, '04

 

Lost Job is Familiar Story in Key State of Ohio

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 6, '04

 

Innovation Seen as Trade Battlefront
Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 06, '04

 

NAFTA Linked to Ohio Job Loss
Akron Beacon Journal
, February 19, '04

 

1 of 6 Factory Jobs Lost in Ohio are Due to Trade Pacts
Cleveland Plain Dealer
, February 19, '04

 

Shifts in Factory Work Cost Ohio Jobs
Columbus Dispatch, February 19, '04

 

Trade-Linked Job Losses Hit Hard
Dayton Daily News, February 19, '04

 

Study Finds NAFTA Caused Job Losses
Ohio News Network, February 19, '04

 

Good, Bad News for Area
Toledo Blade, February 19, '04

 

Report Finds Trade-Related Job Loss Scars Ohio
Youngstown Business Journal, February 19, '04

 

The Job of The Jobs Cabinet is Jobs
Hannah Report, February 19, '04

 

Ohio Job-Loss Report Yields Confusion
Canton Repository
, February 20, '04

 

Trade-Related Loss of Jobs in Area Calls for Urgent Response
Lorain Morning Journal, February 23, '04

 

Depressed Ohio Seeks President Who Can Give Jobs
CNN with Lou Dobbs, March 2, '04