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Gary Johnson
stated on September 4, 2016 a campaign appearance

Says he and his running mate "are the only candidates that do believe in free trade."

By Cara Lombardo • October 25, 2016

Jim Barksdale
stated on September 29, 2016 a campaign video

Sen. Johnny Isakson voted for a trade agreement, "with China costing Georgia 93,000 jobs."

By Ariella Phillips • October 15, 2016

Kasim Reed
stated on September 16, 2016 a White House press conference

"If you look at any real analysis," the Trans-Pacific Partnership is "going to generate better-paying jobs that are more stable."

September 30, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on August 11, 2016 an economic speech in Warren, Mich.

"I opposed the only multilateral trade deal that came before the Senate while I was there."

By Louis Jacobson • August 12, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on August 7, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"

"I haven't switched my position" on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.

By Linda Qiu • August 7, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on August 2, 2016 a press conference at the White House

Thanks to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, "Vietnam is drafting and presenting unprecedented labor reforms, changing their Constitution to recognize worker organizations in Vietnam for the first time."

By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy • August 4, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention

"America has lost nearly one third of its manufacturing jobs since 1997, following the enactment of disastrous trade deals supported by Bill and Hillary Clinton."

By Jon Greenberg • July 22, 2016

Joe Biden
stated on July 13, 2016 a speech in San Diego

"95 percent of the world’s customers are … beyond our shores."

By Louis Jacobson • July 15, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 28, 2016 a speech in Monessen, Penn.

"As Bernie Sanders said, Hillary Clinton ‘voted for virtually every trade agreement that has cost the workers of this country millions, millions of jobs.’ "

By Linda Qiu • June 29, 2016

Ted Strickland
stated on May 9, 2016 a campaign stop at Steelworkers 1104 in Lorain, Ohio

Trade deals are negotiated in "secret" and, unlike corporate interests, politicians never invite "the leaders of the AFL-CIO or steelworkers or the mine workers to come in and sit down in these meetings."

By Nadia Pflaum • May 19, 2016

Minka Kelly
stated on May 10, 2016 a post on Instagram

"By the time you drink your coffee, an elephant is killed for its ivory tusks."

By Linda Qiu • May 17, 2016

Pat Toomey
stated on April 27, 2016 Pennsylvania

Says Katie McGinty "actually agrees with Hillary Clinton and the most liberal wing of the Democrats on everything."

By Cassie Owens, Dávid Tvrdoň, Loghan Thain • May 16, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on April 10, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"

Says Hillary Clinton voted "for virtually every trade agreement that has cost the workers of this country millions of jobs."

By Linda Qiu • April 10, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on March 27, 2016 an interview with the New York Times

"We’ve rebuilt China."

By Linda Qiu • April 4, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on March 15, 2016 a political ad for Bernie 2016

"The Trans-Pacific trade deal could cost America 448,000 more jobs."

By Nadia Pflaum • March 24, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 4, 2016 comments during the New Hampshire Democratic debate

"I waited until (the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement) had actually been negotiated" before deciding whether to endorse it.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 5, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on October 13, 2015 the first Democratic debate

Says as secretary of state she was reserving judgment about the Trans-Pacific Partnership and "hoped it would be the gold standard."

By Lauren Carroll • October 14, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on August 19, 2015 an interview on CNN.

"Our companies are moving into Mexico more than almost any other place right now."

By Linda Qiu • August 27, 2015

Paul Ryan
stated on May 17, 2015 on CNN's "State of the Union"

"Every president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt has had" fast-track trade authority.

By Lauren Carroll • May 17, 2015

Elizabeth Warren
stated on May 5, 2015 remarks at the Institute for New Economic Thinking

Proposed fast-track legislation allows presidents to "easily use a future trade deal to override our domestic financial rules."

By Lauren Carroll • May 14, 2015

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