The mysterious disappearance of growth in US manufacturing: Was it China shock?
The article discusses the stagnation of productivity growth in US manufacturing since 2010, which has remained at a zero annual growth rate. It attributes this decline to increased imports from China during the 2000s, which diminished the competitiveness of US manufacturers. The authors highlight how this influx of imports led to reduced sales, plant closures, and a decrease in investment and innovation.
- ▪US manufacturing productivity growth was 3 percent annually from 1948 to 2010.
- ▪Since 2010, the annual growth rate has dropped to zero.
- ▪The influx of Chinese imports in the 2000s significantly impacted US manufacturers' competitiveness.
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| Original publisher | Aeaweb |
| Canonical URL | https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/pandp.20261041 |
| Publication time | Sat, 16 May 2026 22:51:22 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-16T23:10:19.062Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-16T23:10:19.062Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
| Excerpt source | publisher body |
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| Summary source text | contentText |
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| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
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| Indexing | May the item be indexed (stored, ranked, made findable)? | Allowed |
| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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.hoverOverRide:hover{ text-decoration:none; } AEA Papers and Proceedings ISSN 2574-0768 (Print) | ISSN 2574-0776 (Online) About AEA Papers and ProceedingsEditorsEditorial PolicyContact InformationArticles and IssuesCurrent IssueAll IssuesInformation for AuthorsAccepted Article GuidelinesStyle Guide Menu About AEA Papers and ProceedingsEditorsEditorial PolicyContact InformationArticles and IssuesCurrent IssueAll IssuesInformation for AuthorsAccepted Article GuidelinesStyle Guide The Mysterious Disappearance of Productivity Growth in US Manufacturing: Was It the China Shock? Robert J. Gordon Kenneth Ryu AEA Papers and Proceedings vol. 116, May 2026 (pp.
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