Efeito da globalização sobre emprego

Op-Ed 

Globalization isn't killing factory jobs. Trade is actually why manufacturing is up 40%.

A worker is reflected in a computer screen as he and others assemble cars on the line at Tesla's factory in Fremont. (David Butow / For The Times)

Daniel Griswold

Foreign trade took a beating at both major party conventions, with speakers blaming free-trade agreements for all but wiping out U.S. manufacturing and eliminating millions of middle-class jobs. Both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have promised to renegotiate or abandon trade agreements with key U.S. trading partners such as Mexico and Canada. That would be a colossal mistake.

The number of manufacturing jobs in the United States has indeed been in a long decline since the late 1970s, but that disguises the true story of American manufacturing. Nostalgia for a bygone era blinds politicians and voters alike to the reality of a revitalized sector of the American economy that is thriving in a global market.

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