> Trade may have been a factor—but it clearly wasn’t the main culprit. Automation was. Why can't both be considered? Trump wasn't wrong when he pointed out tr

> Trade may have been a factor—but it clearly wasn’t the main culprit. Automation was. Why can't both be considered? Trump wasn't wrong when he pointed out trade agreements were shifting labor abroad. > The Economic Policy Institute think tank estimated that as of 2010, the trade imbalance with Mexico had cost the U.S. about 683,000 net jobs — about 60% of those in manufacturing. (http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-mexico-jobs-20161212-story.html http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-mexico-jobs-20161212-s...)