Economic growth in Europe and Asia and Latin America could have contri- buted in many different ways to lower wages and … price reductions twist the labor demand curve, dictating lower real wages for unskilled workers who reside in communities … with abundant unskilled labor but raising the wages for unskilled workers who are fortunate to live in communities …

designed to maintain wages of low-skilled workers. With or without a free trade agreement. the United States faces a …