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Sneakers show limits of trade policy in reviving jobs for Trump

Most lost manufacturing jobs aren't coming back to the US, but higher costs for consumers could

Published Mon, Nov 21, 2016 · 09:50 PM
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AMERICAN companies from appliance makers to car parts suppliers have queued up to offer a quiet caution to President-elect Donald Trump as he considers pulling the US from trade deals: most lost manufacturing jobs aren't coming back, but higher costs for consumers could.

Consider the sneaker industry, one of the first to move to Asia because of the sharply lower cost of p…

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