Arizona lost jobs to China

Arizona lost jobs to China

Arizona lost 43,300 jobs to China between 2001 and 2007, according to a study by the Economic Policy Institute, based in Washington D.C.
The biggest job losses were in the computer and electronic products manufacturing industry, where nearly 18,000 workers were cut, the study says.

Rapidly growing imports of computers and electronic parts accounted for nearly half of the $178 billion increase in the trade deficit between 2001 and 2007, the survey shows. By contrast, the U.S. has a $15 billion trade surplus with the rest of the world in advanced technology products.