Walmart’s Imports From China Displaced 400,000 Jobs, a Study Says
A report, created by the Economic Policy Institute, found that from 2001 to 2013, imports from China either eliminated or displaced approximately 400,000 jobs. As a result, well paying manufacturing jobs in the U.S. have been lost. Over that time period, 3.2 million total manufacturing jobs were lost in the U.S. In 2014, Walmart's imports from China amounted to around $49 billion. This is not the first time Walmart has been accused of flooding the U.S. market with cheap goods produced in China. In 2013, the company announced that it would put $50 billion toward products manufactured in America.
See "Walmart’s Imports From China Displaced 400,000 Jobs, a Study Says", Hiroko Tabuchi, December 9, 2015