Both trade expansion and innovation are by their nature disruptive for firms and individuals. They spur growth by enabling more advanced and efficient activities and encouraging producers to expand, displacing less efficient activities and producers. This is an integral part of the whole process.
Improved productivity is essential to compete internationally; without increases in 5 / 10  BIS central bankers' speeches  productivity, the business itself and all of the associated jobs can be lost. Historically, these changes have created many more job opportunities than they have eliminated.