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  "path": "/news/hard-numbers/us-manufacturers-shedding-jobs",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-04T15:50:16.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\nInvestment in manufacturing construction has also fallen 16% during that period, despite public investment pledges of some $900 billion from companies over the past year and a half. **Donald Trump** has promised to use tariffs, deregulation, and tax cuts to spur a “golden age” of manufacturing in the United States. But despite a modest increase in output, job losses continue. Experts say automation and foreign competition are to blame. US manufacturing peaked in the 1970s and has largely been hedging downwards for decades.",
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