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Weatherhead's Daniel Shoag talks about Trade Adjustment Assistance program

MEDIA | January 10, 2025
STORY BY: EDITORIAL STAFF

The fate of this federal program helps explain Trump’s win
The New York TimesDaniel Shoag, associate professor of economics at Weatherhead School of Management, commented on how the Trade Adjustment Assistance program significantly boosted displaced workers' earnings, yet Congress allowed it to expire in 2022. Shoag highlighted bipartisan inaction and its political fallout, emphasizing the program’s necessity to support trade’s economic losers.