Tom BurtonCo-Founder, COO and CTO of LeadSmart Technologies

How many millions of jobs are at risk from trade tensions? #TradeCrisis

Name: How many millions of jobs are at risk from trade tensions? #TradeCrisis
Uploaded: 2025-05-19T16:11:32+00:00
Duration: 35 s
Channel: Tom Burton
Description: A short excerpt from a Tom Burton YouTube video (uploaded May 19, 2025) discussing the economic risks from trade tensions. The speaker cites that the…

19 May 2025 · 1 min

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A short excerpt from a Tom Burton YouTube video (uploaded May 19, 2025) discussing the economic risks from trade tensions. The speaker cites that the combined ports (Long Beach and Los Angeles) support about 2.5 million jobs, contribute roughly $450 billion to US GDP, and generate about $100 billion in tax revenue — then raises concern about those figures being halved under current trade tensions, leaving many workers unemployed.

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2.5 million jobs

$450 billion

$100 billion

Tom Burton

May 19, 2025

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I just watched CNBC yesterday at lunchtime, and they had one of their reporters in the port of Long beach, which is, you know, midway between where both you and I are sitting right now. And those two ports combined support two and a half million jobs, 2.5 million jobs. $450 billion is added to the US GDP out of the port and $100 billion in tax revenue. Now, what happens when we cut that in half? Because that's what we're talking about, right? For the, for the foreseeable. We have a lot of workers with nothing to do with.