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Jamieson Greer: “We lost 220,000 manufacturing jobs in the last two years of…”

Featuring: Jamieson Greer, U.S. Trade Representative | National

We're going country by country, eliminating unfair trade practices: US Trade Representative

Published July 28, 2026 | Video Starts at 06:39

So during the Biden administration, after the COVID lockdown ended, we had a rebound in manufacturing jobs as the economy opened back up. But then We lost 220,000 manufacturing jobs in the last two years of President Biden. Last year, in 2025, President Trump stabilized this. And now in the first half of 2026, we've seen the manufacturing jobs go positive. So it went, it dropped severely. (06:39–06:45)

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Asserts that 220,000 manufacturing jobs were lost in the last two years of President Biden's term.

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