Latest Fact-Checks In Trade

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Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on August 22, 2024 her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention
Former President Donald Trump "intends to enact what, in effect, is a national sales tax ... that would raise prices on middle-class families by almost $4,000 a year."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2024
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on December 13, 2023 a town hall in Londonderry, New Hampshire
Under the Trump administration's trade deal, “China's only fulfilled one-third of the promises of agricultural products that they were supposed to buy from our farmers.”
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By Grace Abels, Louis Jacobson • December 19, 2023
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on February 3, 2022 Twitter
Says President Joe Biden "is trying to send taxpayer dollars to manufacturers overseas that do not abide by the same (carbon emission) standards we do at home."
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By D.L. Davis • March 11, 2022
Mike Gibbons
Mike Gibbons
stated on March 1, 2022 an ad
Joe Biden's sanctions on Russia “are riddled with loopholes and don't even start for 30 days. They have carve outs for the energy and financial sectors.”
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March 4, 2022
Jake LaTurner
Jake LaTurner
stated on February 25, 2022 an ad
The Keystone XL pipeline "would have produced 830,000 barrels of oil per day, more than enough to offset what we import from Russia."
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February 28, 2022
Team PAC
Team PAC
stated on February 7, 2022 an ad
Eric Schmitt “sponsored a bill to spend $480 million of your tax dollars” on cargo hub for airlines "owned by China's Communist Party” and "voted to let China buy up Missouri farmland."
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February 9, 2022
Carol Miller
Carol Miller
stated on July 28, 2021 an article in RealClearEnergy
“We became a net exporter of natural gas in 2017, and until recently, our exports have exceeded our imports.”
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By Ava Peroni, Elisa Contreras • October 5, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 9, 2020 a speech in Warren, Mich.
The “U.S. trade deficit is at an all-time high under Trump in the last three years.”
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By Louis Jacobson • September 11, 2020
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on January 16, 2020 a tweet
"In #WI, over 44,000 jobs depend on trade with Mexico and Canada."
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By D.L. Davis • February 26, 2020
Anthony Scaramucci
Anthony Scaramucci
stated on May 11, 2019 an interview
China’s developing country status in the World Trade Organization "means they can tariff and embargo."
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By John Kruzel • May 15, 2019
National Taxpayers Union
National Taxpayers Union
stated on October 10, 2018 Washington Examiner op-ed
"The latest round of tariffs now means that the total tax increase on Americans from enacted tariffs exceeds the tax increases from the Affordable Care Act."
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By Manuela Tobias • October 12, 2018
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on June 3, 2018 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
"If you are talking about Canada .. our wine cannot sit on their supermarkets."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2018
Mike Braun
Mike Braun
stated on April 30, 2018 GOP debate
Says Luke Messer and Todd Rokita "voted to fast-track Obama’s trade deals."
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By Manuela Tobias • May 4, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 18, 2018 a press conference
"The United States has a massive trade deficit with Japan. It's anywhere from $69 billion to a $100 billion a year."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 19, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 8, 2018 remarks before a Cabinet meeting
American aluminum and steel "are vital to our national security. ... They are the bedrock of our defense industrial base."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 9, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 16, 2018 a speech at a women's event in Washington
"Chrysler is leaving Mexico and moving back to Michigan."
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By Jon Greenberg • January 18, 2018
Pat Robertson
Pat Robertson
stated on July 12, 2017 an interview with President Donald Trump
Russian natural gas company "Gazprom held Europe by the throat -- they were a monopoly, and now the U.S. is breaking into that monopoly with our exports of (liquefied natural gas)."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 17, 2017
Hagar Chemali
Hagar Chemali
stated on July 6, 2017 an interview on MSNBC
"Cuba is far more sanctioned than North Korea."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2017 a speech to Congress
"Currently, when we ship products out of America, many other countries make us pay very high tariffs and taxes — but when foreign companies ship their products into America, we charge them nothing or almost nothing."
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By Allison Graves • March 2, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 25, 2017 an interview
In the United States, "we tax our exports and don't tax our imports."
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February 9, 2017
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