Top US trading partners pledged to invest $5 trillion in America. These researchers have doubts.

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By PAUL WISEMAN, Associated Press Economics Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has strong-armed many of America’s biggest trading partners into pledging trillions of dollars of investment in the United States. But a study out Tuesday raises doubts about whether the money will actually materialize and questions how it would be spent if it did.