Nearly all of the net gains occurred in sectors in which trade plays a minor role.
Bill Clinton's China policy, in which trade bulks large, is disintegrating.
Government and health care, in which trade plays almost no role, accounted for more than 40 percent of all new jobs.
Craig Conway, PeopleSoft's chief executive, reacted as is customary in an industry in which trading insults is part of doing business.
There is, however, a more general way in which trade agreements — and the economic ties they generate — benefit workers in developing nations.
And there is also the tricky fact that lots of people live in very large countries, in which trade plays a relatively small economic role.
Indeed, China's view on the global economic outlook showed the policy challenges that could lie ahead for an economy in which trade plays a critical role.
According to the commission's case, which he settled, he bought big blocks of shares of companies in which trading was very light.
This offers the opportunity to create a virtuous circle in which trade supports the transfer of gains down the value chains into workers' pockets.
It's helpful to start with a number: how many major economies are there in which trade policy is decided by immigration policy?
