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The free-trade deals that Democratic and Republican presidents negotiated in the 1990s and 2000s devastated American manufacturing. Hundreds of thousands of industrial workers lost their jobs after the approval of the North American Free Trade Agreement and most-favored-nation trading status for China. Tens of thousands of factories were shuttered.
Congressman Ro Khanna is raising the alarm about mass layoffs in the U.S. economy resulting from President Donald Trump's failed economic policies. Over 4,000 factory workers lost their jobs this week due to firings or plant closures.
By Billal Rahman and Dan Gooding
By Ro Khanna
Silicon Valley politicians denounced President Donald Trump’s decision to freeze funding to states and international aid organizations, saying Saturday that his executive orders threaten public health locally and abroad.
By Blake Jones And Dustin Gardiner