We have a $400Billion trade deficit with China. How many jobs do you think that represents lost by the USA?
In 2016 the U.S. had a $319 billion trade deficit with China -- with $104 billion of U.S. exports to China and $423 billion of imports from China.
In 1985 the trade between the two countries was almost exactly balanced -- about $3.9 billion in imports and exports both ways.
Were we better off in 1985 or in 2016?