According to the latest Labor Department report, U.S. jobs declined by 63,000 in February, almost three times the number of job losses in January and the biggest drop in five years.  The U.S. manufacturing sector alone lost 52,000 jobs, bringing factory job losses over the past 12 months to 299,000. 

In a statement, AAM’s Scott Paul said: “Congress and the administration need to respond to this.  Every day that we don’t reform our trade policy and enforce our trade laws is another day that we’ll lose jobs.  Instead of trading charges on NAFTA, the presidential candidates need to offer real solutions on how they will grow American jobs and hold cheating countries like China accountable.” 

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