Kudlow’s Unsupported USMCA Jobs Claim

White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow claimed without evidence that the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement would add “180,000 new jobs per year” in the U.S.

Kudlow may have been referencing an done by the U.S. International Trade Commission, which estimated that the , if fully implemented, would increase U.S. employment by 176,000 in its sixth year. It didn’t project job