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Describe the trends in U.S. manufacturing employment and U.S. manufacturing output over the last 40 years. What factors have contributed to these?
 
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How did the Uruguay Round of GATT impact agriculture?
 
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Answer to Question 1

Manufacturing employment is down while output and exports are up. Rising productivity and a relocation of the sector within the United States are both significant in terms of explaining people's perceptions of the situation versus the reality.

Answer to Question 2

Many quotas were converted to tariffs; many industrial countries agreed to reduce their direct support of the farm sector



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