Number of Utah Jobs Supported by International Trade

A group trying to highlight the need to avoid tariffs and trade wars is pointing out the number of jobs in Utah supported by international trade.

According to a new study from Business Roundtable, 389-thousand jobs in Utah jobs rely on international trade agreements, coming out to one-out-of-every-five jobs in the Beehive State.

More than 120-thousand of those jobs involve trade with Canada and Mexico.

Business Roundtable says the numbers are the reason to pass the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, better known as USMCA, this year.